About — Healthcare Uncharted

About Healthcare Uncharted

Mission

"Healthcare technology is full of territory that nobody maps in plain language. Healthcare Uncharted exists to close that gap — for clinicians, analysts, and anyone who wants to understand why, not just how."

Healthcare technology is full of territory that nobody explains in plain language. Clinicians use enterprise EHRs every shift without understanding why the data is structured the way it is. Analysts write SQL reports without knowing the clinical meaning behind the tables. Leaders make AI investments without knowing what actually works versus what is still emerging.

Healthcare Uncharted is the resource I wish had existed when I started in healthcare informatics. It is built from real clinical bedside experience, real health administration, and real work with EHR data systems — not vendor training materials or theoretical frameworks.

The goal is simple: explain the why, not just the what. For every role in the system. Not just the technical ones.

About David Eitel

I started my career as a Registered Respiratory Therapist in the ICU — bedside care, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, and all the documentation that goes with it. That experience gave me something most healthcare informaticists don’t have: I know what the data means clinically, not just structurally.

From there I moved through health administration and into clinical informatics — working with EHR systems, data architecture, reporting infrastructure, and the operational layer where clinical care and health system management intersect. The credentials below reflect that trajectory.

RRT

Registered Respiratory Therapist — National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)

MHA

Master of Health Administration — Graduate-level health systems leadership and management

MSRT

Master of Science in Respiratory Therapy — Advanced clinical and research credentials

RRT-ACCS

Adult Critical Care Specialty — NBRC specialty credential for ICU and acute care

I currently work at Intermountain Health in healthcare informatics. Healthcare Uncharted is an independent educational project — not affiliated with or endorsed by my employer.

Content & Source Policy

All vendor-specific terminology, technical specifications, and system references on this site are derived from publicly available documentation — including fhir.epic.com, fhir.cerner.com, HL7 FHIR R4, ONC HealthIT.gov, and HHS.gov. Each factual claim is linked to its source. This site does not reproduce proprietary materials, internal vendor training content, or licensed documentation. Content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute clinical, legal, or financial advice.