Vocab Team Functional Matrix

Function

Description

Needed Skill Sets/Knowledge

Core or Scalable

Function

Description

Needed Skill Sets/Knowledge

Core or Scalable

Create PLT codes

Create and maintain PLT codes from ELR TA Requests, Animal rabies ELR, and other programs

LOINC modeling

Symedical tooling

core

Create SNOMED CT extension codes

Create and maintain SNOMED CT extension codes for SARS-CoV-2 lineages requested by internal and external entities

create and maintain SNOMED CT extension codes from ELR TA Requests

SNOMED CT modeling

Symedical tooling

core

PLR /SNOMED CT Reconciliation

 

Symedical tooling (Adaptive & Viewpoint)

SNOMED CT modeling

 

PLT / LOINC Reconciliation

 

Symedical tooling (Adaptive & Viewpoint)

LOINC modeling

 

 

Submit content to National Library of Medicine (SNOMED US extension)

 

SNOMED CT modeling

SNOMED CT submission process

 

Submit content to Regenstrief

 

LOINC modelingLOINC submission process

 

ELR TA Requests?

Provide ELR technical assistance to jurisdictions and organizations ranging from code creation to mapping

Review package inserts

Standard terminology

 

Facilitate collaboration between partners around laboratory related data exchange issues

 

 

 

Provide project specific mapping support

Create and maintain project specific mapping tools and data dictionaries

Create and maintain project specific value sets

Provide mapping from local to standard codes

Map codes to analytical categories

LOINC mapping

SNOMED CT mapping

HL7 vocabulary

scalable

Create project specific implementation guides

Constrain existing commonly implemented standards based on project specific requirements including the format and content (vocabularies)

 

 

Provide project specific onboarding support

Create project specific validation test scenarios

Perform message validation during onboarding and maintenance

Troubleshoot issues during onboarding, validation, and maintenance phase

Develop and maintain a dedicated project webpage for internal and external use (i.e., for resources, documents, etc.)

Creating guidance documents such as test HL7 message examples for jurisdictions' use

HL7 message formats

Test case creation

Validation tool

NIST GVT

 

 

scalable

Create NIST profiles in IGAMT

Build profiles based on IG/ program requirements

Creating, updating, and maintaining of value sets

Update and maintain profiles

Understanding program requirements

IGAMT tool

IGAMT revision log

Change Request (CR) log

 

Create LIVD file content (SARS-CoV-2, Lyme, Mpox, HIV)

Review of EUAs and IVD manufacturer package inserts for specific tests

Provide mapping of LOINC codes for specific diagnostic tests

Provide SNOMED CT mapping for allowed specimens and coded results for reporting

LOINC mapping

SNOMED CT mapping

LIVD specification

LOINC/SNOMED submission

Familiarity with EUAs and IVD manufacturer package inserts for specific tests

core

Symedical work for ETOR

 

 

 

Maintain Specimen Cross Mapping Table

 

SNOMED CT modeling

core

Provide feedback to SDOs

 

LOINC submission

SNOMED CT submission

HL7 and IHE Change request submission

 

Evaluate partner’s existing data management and/or exchanges and provide improvement suggestions

 

 

 

Review policy with regards to standards and terminology

 

 

 

Document processes and produce promotion materials / publications

 

 

 

Create educational materials for teaching terminology management

 

 

 

Support data pipeline operations and maintenance

Monitor incoming file submissions

Follow up on errors or missing files

Help troubleshoot content or connection issues

Understanding program specific file formats

Scalable

Create and maintain R Condition Code mapping tool

Respond to jurisdiction requests and incorporate refinements

Assist implementers in using the tool

R

RCTC

core