Professional Profile

Self-motivating public health informatics professional with highly evolved project management skills and a member of many impressive high performing multi-disciplinary teams. Public health experience spans more than 20 years working internationally and at the CDC. Intently analytical, with significant expertise in HIV program management, laboratory practice and laboratory quality standards such as CLIA and ISO. Demonstrated success on various CDC projects requiring knowledge and expertise in HL7 interface development and XML encoding HL7 message and CDA , LIMS interoperability, terminology standards SNOMED, LOINC, ICD-9, and ICD-10 . Public health experience includes extensive participation with states, non-governmental organizations e.g. APHL, CSTE, etc. , academia, government organizations, international organizations and various workgroups e.g. ONC Standards and Interoperability Framework and HL7 .

Professional Experience

Informatics Specialist CDC contract Confidnetial

• Planned the approach for building the RCKMS knowledge national and with jurisdictional reportable events in the United States.
• Produced the concept map for Reportable Condition Knowledge Management System RCKMS database model.
• Analyzed CDA documents and CSTE Technical implementation Guides t determine the value sets for nationally notifiable diseases NND .
• Developed LOINC, SNOMED, ICD9 and ICD-10 value sets for NND clinical, laboratory and epidemiology criteria t build the RCKMS knowledge content t be used by jurisdictions.
• Produced mapping tables t map clinical terms across terminology standards
• Facilitate Base Content Technical Workgroup meetings

Laboratory Specialist Project Manager CDC contract Confidnetial

• Developed project plan for Clinical Laboratory Integration int Healthcare Collaborative CLIHC project.
• Managed the project execution and identified risks and planned risk responses for the project.
• Managed stakeholder meetings, provided weekly project updates t the customer, Division of Laboratory Science and Standards DLSS and prepared monthly project reports
• Drafted the evaluation study design and evaluation proposal for the CDC PTT Advisor iPhone App pilot evaluation
• Prepared report of the annual CLIHCTM meeting and the reports for the Diagnostic Algorithm Development Project for anticoagulation therapy and management
• Developed an outreach strategy for CLIHC collaboration with national subject matter experts and organizations on projects t improve clinicians' laboratory tests selection and results interpretation

Senior Informatics Analyst CDC contract Confidnetial

Project Management

• Developed the Laboratory Informatics Technical Assistance LITA project charter and plan.
• Managed the project execution and controlled changes t the project scope and schedule
• Facilitated workgroup and stakeholder meetings and met weekly with the customer, Laboratory Science Policy and Practice Program Office LSPPP t provide project status reports
• Identified risks and planned risk responses
• Interoperability
• Conducted current state analysis of laboratory business process, data flow and technical infrastructure required t support laboratory interoperability
• Applied business process modeling t defined the technical, functional and operational requirements for laboratory data storage, retrieval, analysis and interoperability of CDC laboratories
• Integrated policy recommendations, technology upgrade and business process re-engineering int the implementation strategy t transition CDC laboratories t a robust data management plan and data sharing environment.
• Lab Segment Architecture Development
• Defined the strategic intent for interoperability of the laboratory architecture segment and identified strategic improvement opportunities for achieving interoperability
• Applied the Federal Segment Architecture Methodology FSAM t develop the laboratory target architecture and modernization blueprint
• Policy Development
• Formulated recommendations t reform laboratory governance, optimize laboratory processes and transform the laboratory funding model for the seamless exchange of laboratory data at CDC as one of the project deliverables t LSPPPO.

Systems Integration Analyst CDC contract Confidnetial

HL7 Message Interface Development

• Collaborated with APHL on the development of the HL7 2.6 specifications and message guide for the HL7 Test Order message from State Labs t OID Labs using STARLIMS and the Outgoing HL7 Test Result messages in response t a HL7 Test Order from CDC labs t state public health labs
• Developed business rules for the validation of the HL7 message by the database message broker DMB , the enterprise service bus ESB and STARLiMSv9
• Analyzed STARLIMS data validation requirements and proposed solutions t common technical and end-user problems
• Jointly formulated recommendations t improve vocabulary standards HL7, SNOMED and LOINC and CDC messaging infrastructure PHINMS, PHINDIR
• Documented HL7 message requirements for participating CDC laboratories STAT and Salmonella Reference in the ETOR project
• Business Process Modeling
• Produced business process documents for CDC Salmonella Reference Laboratory and the Specimen Triage and Tracking STAT Laboratory
• Documented STARLiMSv9 requirements t expand laboratory interoperability
• Developed business rules t optimize business functions and advance laboratory interoperability.
• Analyzed technical, functional and operational requirements of CDC laboratories t optimize data management in STARLiMS for effective decision-making

Public Health Informatics Fellow Confidnetial

Health Information System Evaluation

• Evaluated the national health information system in Lesoth and made recommendations for sector-wide thematic approaches and organization capacity development
• Evaluated the Colorad Immunization Information System and made recommendations for program integration and systems interoperability
• Evaluated the Nebraska Public Health Department Information Technology for H1N1 data submission t CDC and made recommendations t ensure the integrity and quality of the data
• Developed an assessment tool for the evaluation of the laboratory information management system in Mozambique
• CDC Global AIDS Program GAP Health Management Information System HMIS
• Lead author of the report t the Office of Global AIDS Coordinator at the Department of State chronicling HMIS successes, lessons learned, promising practices and emerging issues of the first five 5 years of the President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR on the state of the program area SOPA - HMIS PEPFAR with recommendations for new strategic directions for the next phase of PEPFAR.
• Lead author for GAP HMIS Headquarters Operations Plan HOP for 2010
• Evaluated project proposals for contract award
• Health Services Identifier, UNAIDS/CDC
• Jointly developed interim guidelines for the development and use of health services identifiers for the provision of HIV services with a team of international experts

Senior Project Officer, CDC Contract Confidnetial

Project Management

• Developed project charters and plans for each regional project funded Global Fund t Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GFATM and World Bank projects.
• Managed the execution projects and controlled changes t the project scope and schedule
• Facilitated workgroup and stakeholder meetings and provided regular project status reports
• Identified risks and planned risk responses
• Managed the PANCAP Coordinating Unit PCU Organization and Management Review and the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework 2008-2012 evaluation projects.
• HIV Program Management
• Conducted workflow analysis and business process mapping and developed transition plans t commission several healthcare settings t provide HIV/AIDS services
• Provided technical assistance in developing and implementing instruments aimed at enhancing monitoring, evaluating and reporting of PANCAP projects
• Prepared quarterly and annual technical reports on the progress in implementation of all project activities for the benefit of CARICOM/PANCAP, Global Fund and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Caribbean Regional Office.
• Prepared and presented analytical reports on PANCAP portfoli of projects estimated at about US 42 million t the Regional Coordinating Mechanism HIV Regional Governance Board .
• Prepared the concept paper and developed the Terms of Reference TOR for the PANCAP committee on the Revision of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism RCM Governance and Structure and the special case of Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories in PANCAP.
• Authored justification request t the Global Fund for the continued funding for the PANCAP Global Fund Phase 2 Grant which was approved.
• Implemented the PANCAP Implementation Performance System software at the Ministry of Health in the British Virgin Islands and at the Caribbean Network of HIV positives CRN organization.

Health Consultant Confidnetial

Authored the Caribbean sub-regional and regional consultation reports on Universal Access t HIV and AIDS Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support for the CARICOM/PANCAP 2006 UNGASS Report

Associate Consultant Confidnetial

• Evaluated the health information system, WinSIG in the Bahamas and collected technical requirements for WinSIG implementation in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Developed technical definitions for health services in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Collaborated on the draft of the Caribbean Health Information Network and Caribbean Strategic Plan for Health Information Systems.
• Research, Abstracts and Presentations

Information Systems on Human Resources for Health HRH : A Global Review

Patricia L. Riley, CNM, MPH 1 , Alexandra Zuber, MPP 1, Stephen M. Vindigni MPH 2,3, Neeru Gupta, PhD4, Andre Verani, JD, MPH 1, Nadine L. Sunderland, MPH, MEd 1, Michael Friedman, MD 1, Pascal Zurn, PhD 4, Chijioke Okoro, MSc 1, Heather Patrick, MS, James Campbell, MPH, MSc5 Human Resources for Health 2012, 10:7

Other Activities

HHS ONC Standards and Interoperability S I Framework Workgroup Membership

• Public health Reporting Initiative
• Public Health Tiger Team
• Laboratory Orders Interface
• Laboratory Results Interface
• HER-S Functional Requirements IG-Labs

HL7 Workgroup Membership

• Orders and Observations
• Vocabulary
• EHR

Advisory Board of the Caribbean Coalition of Women and Girls on HIV/AIDS CCWA/UNAIDS 2007-2008

Collaborated on strategies t raise the awareness of the impact of HIV on women and girls in the region, including identifying and working with high profile female champions and encouraging grassroots activism for social and cultural changes.