TA Lead

Project Manager

0.5 per pilot site

Implementation

• Acts as APHL point person for PHL and HCO 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, PHL, and HCO to ensure tasks are completed and progress made

• Provides project management updates following APHL and PMO policies

• Collates feedback from APHL TA Team, PHL, and HCO on implementation process opportunities for improvement

• Coordinates project meetings (and agendas) between APHL technical assistance teams and various stakeholders, documents meeting minutes 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

• Identifies and develops needed processes, communications, tracking systems or other logistical solutions to help ensure project(s) meet deadlines and complete deliverables

Lab Workflow SME

Implementation

• Observes, documents, and assesses current PHL and HCO workflows and processes

• Documents future state workflows for the lab which encompass ETOR processes

• Leads and analyzes gap analysis

• Documents requirements for selected test(s) (e.g., how many/which LOINC codes)

• Performs quality assurance analysis on HL7 messages and documents

• Provides review, quality control, and assurance on TA processes and deliverables

• Lab experience

• ETOR experience

Roving Terminologist

Implementation

• 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

• Performs validation on HL7 messages and provides feedback

• Collaborates with project teams and management of tasks using collaboration tools

• 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.)

Tech Architect

(Data Integration Engineer)

Implementation

• Analyzes client IT environments and messaging capabilities

• Helps to identify and implement technical solutions to meet messaging requirements

• Provides TA consulting to HCO and PHL to advise on implementation of IT messaging solutions

Project Champion

(HCO Leadership POC, Lab Director)

Implementation

• Acts as conduit for raising project issues with PHL leadership

• Supports prioritization of PHL project tasks

• Provides leadership representation for discussions between PHL and HCO

Sustaining

Laboratory SME

(LIMS Administrator)

Implementation

• Acts as point person for the TA Team, HCO, and any visit(s)

• Provides insight into lab processes

• Collaborates with HCO to send/receive necessary artifacts and/or tests

• Coordinates testing between PHL and HCO

• Works with APHL Roving Terminologist to create test messages

Sustaining

Informatics/Technical Analyst

(LIMS Vendor Representative)

Implementation

Sustaining

• Monitors ETOR feed

• Coordinates required updates and/or changes with test(s)

Project Champion

(PHL Leadership Liaison)

Implementation

• Acts as conduit for raising project issues with PHL leadership

• Supports prioritization of PHL project tasks

• Provides leadership representation for discussions between PHL and HCO

Sustainability

Testing Analyst

(Testing Manager)

Implementation

• Acts as point person for the TA Team, HCO, and any visit(s)

• Provides insight into lab processes

• Collaborates with HCO to send/receive necessary artifacts and/or tests

• Coordinates testing between PHL and HCO

• Creates test messages in sending system

Sustaining

• Monitors ETOR feed

• Coordinates required updates and/or changes with test(s)

IT Representative

(Vendor Representative)

Implementation

• Sets up API connection to AIMS intermediary

Sustaining

• EHR experience