Project Overview

SHIELD (Systemic Harmonization and Interoperability Enhancement for Laboratory Data) is a multi -stakeholder, public-private partnership to improve the quality, utility and portability of electronic laboratory data (i.e., in vitro diagnostic [IVD] data) through the harmonized implementation of semantic data standards that have been appropriately qualified by a sole authoritative source. The Implementation Committee is responsible to develop a staged and comprehensive plan to implement SHIELD harmonized standards nationally. The Committee shall support active implementation of SHIELD standards, create an environment of buy-in of all stakeholders, build and provide Technical Assistance (TA), where needed, create the implementation plan. Need to work closely with Communications/Training/Education and the Tooling, Technology and Knowledge management Committees.

High-Level Scope

Deliverables

·       Develop a strategy for development of materials to help labs, to assemble and train TA staff and deploy to support labs in the adoption of SHIELD standards.

·       Develop a system of sister-lab partners to spread capacity to implement SHIELD Standards

·       Would be good to reach out to LIMS vendors and have them support their customers – and then build cohorts based on their LIMS use

·       Plan a small grants program to provide support tailored to particular lab needs

·       Helpdesk to address implementation questions – from those we can then develop an FAQ library as part of the knowledge library

Timeline

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Interested Parties

Committee Co-Chairs: Hung Luu and Walter Campbell.

Committee Members: Mary Hasan, Robert Hausam, Serafina Brea, Maribeth Gagnon, Riki Merrick, Carolyn Hiller, Jim Campbell, Nathan Davis, Flora Siami, Daniel Rutz, Xavier Gansel, Andrea Pitkus, Daniel Herman, Mary Edgerton, Ross Simpson, Marranda Scott, Sandy Jones, David Eugene Jones, Andrew Quinn, Vince Stine, Chris Muir, Jose Galvez, Ana Szarfman, Julia Skapik and Nirmala Nanguneri.