Role | FTE for each Implementation | Responsibilities | Recommended Skillset |
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Project Sponsor - remote (this would be our “TA Lead”) | Overall - 0.1 | Provides oversight to all APHL ETOR technical assistance teams Responsible for the staffing and scheduling of ETOR implementations Serves as escalation and support for team
| Knowledge of management principles and practices Previous management experience Knowledge of public health laboratories and healthcare organizations System implementation experience preferred
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Project Manager - on-site as needed | Overall - 0.5 | Acts as APHL primary contact for public health laboratory and healthcare organization involved in the implementation project Manages implementation project(s) and TA engagement(s) including: scheduling and project planning, stakeholder management, risk identification and mitigation, issue tracking and solutioning, communication, and associated documentation per APHL standards Coordinates with team, public health laboratory, and healthcare organization to ensure tasks are completed and progress made Provides project management updates following APHL and PMO policies Collates feedback from APHL TA Team, public health laboratory, and healthcare organization on implementation process opportunities for improvement Coordinates project meetings (and agendas) between APHL technical assistance teams and various stakeholders, documents meeting minutes/decisions/action items/next steps, and performs follow-up Leads knowledge management activities to organize, track and communicate project activities in Smartsheet or Confluence Utilizes APHL processes, communications, tracking systems or other logistical solutions to help ensure project success
| Knowledge of project management principles and practices Previous project management experience System implementation experience Knowledge of public health laboratories and healthcare organizations Ability to grasp technical information Ability to work cooperatively with other organizational entities and engage 3rd parties as necessary Excellent communication and organizational skills
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Lab Workflow SME - on-site as needed (primarily during Planning & Analysis) | Overall - 0.5 | Observes, documents, and assesses current public health laboratory and healthcare organization workflows and processes around ordering and result reporting Documents future state workflows for the lab which encompass ETOR processes Documents future state workflows for the healthcare organization for the new encompass ETOR processes Leads and analyzes gap analyses for 1) current workflow(s) vs future workflow(s) and 2) required and desired elements Documents functions that differ from current processes and how to handle if/then situations Identifies data element gaps, working closely with the Terminologist Documents requirements for selected test(s) (e.g., how many/which LOINC codes) Provides review, quality control, and assurance on TA processes and deliverables Supports Primarily supports the Planning & Analysis and Production portion of the Implementation Approach Provides insight to Terminologist should questions arise during Configuration, later steps of the approach
| Experience with ETOR such as HL7 orders and results Experience working in laboratories, within public health labslaboratories is preferred Knowledge of common lab processes, workflows, and data elements (specifically NBS) Ability to comprehend, review, improve, and design workflow processes Understanding of LIMS applications Familiarity with healthcare organization test data Experience writing workflow procedures for business use Proven capability to perform and document successful gap analyses Excellent written/oral communication and organizational skills Team player
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Terminologist - on-site as needed (primarily during Configuration & Validation) | Overall - 0.5 | Assists with mapping local-to-standardized values across different vocabulary domains Assists in implementation of public health integration use cases using national messaging standards (HL7), implementation guides, and encoding guidelines Provides test case scenarios Performs validation on HL7 messages and provides feedback Helps develop and maintain message implementation guides, business rules, and message specifications as needed for APHL member and partner organization support (e.g., result reporting to CDC, ETOR for Public Health Laboratories and their business partners, etc.) Supports nearly the entire Implementation Approach, starting at the end of the Planning & Analysis Seeks insight from the Lab Workflow SME should questions arise Identifies data element gaps, working closely with the Terminologist Collecting information from the healthcare organization and laboratory Map local codes to middle ground for both HCO and PHL
| Knowledge of laboratory standards (HL7, IHE, LOINC, SNOMED CT, UCUM, ICD) Knowledge of Symedical mapping tool Background in laboratory sciences (experience in any lab type) Familiarity with healthcare organization test data Experience developing and maintaining implementation guides, business rules, and message specifications Excellent communication and organizational skills LIS/LIMS administrator experience a plus Knowledge of integration engine a plus Team player
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Tech Architect - on-site as needed (primarily during Kick Off) | Overall - 0.25 | Analyzes client IT environments and messaging capabilities Helps to identify and implement technical solutions to meet messaging requirements Assists with connectivity and data manipulation Provides TA consulting to healthcare organization and public health laboratory to advise on implementation of IT messaging solutions (e.g., reviewing for structural errors, writing queries to pick up messages outside of the S3 receiving bucket)Supports the Planning & Analysis portion of the Implementation Approach Coordinates with centralized technical team for specific technical tasks
| Strong IT experience, specifically laboratory IT Data exchange experience Familiarity with standard public health lab and healthcare organization IT environments/messaging capabilities Experience developing, implementing, testing, and remedying technical solutions for messaging requirements Excellent communication and organizational skills Knowledge of Rhapsody knowledgeand HL7 experiencepreferred S3, VPN, and other forms of transport knowledge
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Data Integration Engineer | Overall - 0.2050 | Establish connection between PHL and middle ground Establish connection between HCO and middle ground Determine extraction process from the LIMS (what can it import, export) Work closely with terminologists Collect information on data workflow, primarily with LIMS and integration engine Work with LIMS vendor as necessary
| Experience with one or more integration engines (Rhapsody, Mirth, Cloverleaf, Pilotfish, etc.) HL7 experience Knowledge of data base administration a plusdatabase including SQL LIMS experience
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the intermediary configuration, while the public health laboratory focused team will be responsible for