Informatics Coordinator

Location

Providence, RI | United States

Job description

Position: Informatics Coordinator

Location: Remote - Providence, RI.

Contract Term: 6 months+

Hours / Week: 35

Responsibilities

• Manage efforts to improve information sharing for transitions of care

• Design workflows and coordinate processes and technical information with IT staff, epidemiology staff, and surveillance staff

• Works with team in the analysis, formulation, development, and delivery of engagement material and results

• Plans, develops, and maintains engagement in public health informatics projects and program plans

• Coordinate technical and business resources to ensure prompt problem resolution and implementation success

• Assess the current state of data and health information systems and services, including data exchange and information systems, to identify opportunities for modernization and interoperability

• Participates in the preparation and submission of grant or other funding opportunity applications or progress reports, including outcome measures

• Assists programs with defining data needs and data collection, leverages new and existing technologies and theories for managing data

• Support the onboarding of healthcare organizations in the use of eCR

• Facilitate the implementation of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements

• Collaborates with other staff in the Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology and other divisions and centers to improve data systems and processes

• Participates in the design, management, use, and evaluation of disease surveillance systems

• Assist with coordination of testing with healthcare organizations and public health jurisdictions to ensure correct data mapping and improved data quality received by RIDOH

• Administer policies and standards that facilitate feature implementation & onboarding of new healthcare partners

• Troubleshoot and track any production issues with the incoming data pipeline.

• Perform technical and business-related research to support health care partner’s needs, assist in the installation/implementation, development, and analysis of materials/ processes/ systems

• Develop processes to work with data senders to resolve message/data completeness, timeliness, quality, and message validation issues identified

• Assist the Informatics team in Department-wide initiatives related to Data, Technology, and Informatics

• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and background in public health Informatics, or a related field

• Knowledge and familiarity with HL7, Rational Rhapsody, and electronic laboratory reporting

• Detail oriented

• Ability to work independently and in a team

• Excellent communication skills

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, information technology, or a related field plus three (3) years of professional experience in communicable disease or infectious disease surveillance and/or control programs at the local, state, or federal level

• Experience working with public health systems such as electronic disease surveillance system

• Experience in informatics (Required)

• Infectious Disease Surveillance: 3 years (Required)

• HL7 Development: 2 years (Required)

• Relational databases: 3 years (Required)

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