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Responsibilities:

Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies
Conducts requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducts stakeholder engagement
Work with different stakeholders and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, and technical).
Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.

Deliverables:

Confirm data exchange strategic goals, objectives and guiding principles in the context of collect once and use many for direct care and subsequent data use as identified in the OH data and analytics strategy and OH data and analytics operating model areas of focus.
Develop a partner engagement plan for within Ontario Health and partner organizations.
Engage key partners to undertake a current state assessment of data exchange services, base standards versions and data exchange practices within Ontario Health (and partner organizations (federal, national, provincial, territorial, and local/Ontario Health Teams)) including evaluation of scope of services, standards supported, tooling, governance, maintenance processes, operational models, etc., including in the context of data governance and the information management planning.
Identify the intersection of common requirements and/or scope of services across Ontario Health and partner organizations.
Assess evolving enterprise data exchange requirements as a result of digital health trends such as Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, use of interface data exchange solutions, etc. and plans for existing tool evolution and trends in Canada and with partners.
Perform a gap analysis between existing services offered by Ontario Health and future requirements to accelerate the adoption of data exchange standards in Ontario.
Identify alignment opportunities to the OH Information Management Plan, Data for Connected Health, Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) Program, OH data governance framework, and other data governance related strategies and plans as appropriate.
Identify alignment opportunities with the OH Interoperable Enterprise Terminology Strategy and implementation work.
Identify opportunities to address gaps and align with strategic goals and partner organizations, including consideration of people, process, technology and change.
Develop a recommended interoperable enterprise data exchange strategy including:
Short-term and longer-term plans
An implementation roadmap
Identification of the relevant business value (e.g., clinical, analytical, opportunity) to the healthcare sector of accelerating the adoption of data exchange standards in execution of the roadmap
Roles and responsibilities between Ontario Health and partner organizations
Additional Terms
Ontario Health assets including laptops and related equipment cannot be removed from the province of Ontario without prior written approval from Ontario Health.

Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as "Remote".

Knowledge Transfer Details:

• The Candidate will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement. Some of this might occur at the end of the engagement but will also be shared as information is obtained/consolidated. Key deliverables will be shared with team.

• The Candidate must provide all related documentation as part of Knowledge transfer protocol. Documents will be reviewed by the appropriate leads and signed off by manager/director.

• The candidate will work collaboratively with OH team throughout the assignment and ensure key deliverables, milestones, and documentation are shared.

• A walkthrough of any demos, development, etc. will be required before end of engagement.

Advantages
Good compensation working on projects that will make a difference to the people of Ontario.

Responsibilities
Description
Background Information:

The purpose of this request is to acquire a resource who will work with others to develop and deliver the Data Exchange Strategy for Ontario health. Ontario Health is seeking to develop a health data exchange strategy to support the motion of transitioning towards a more unified data exchange model with the goal of “collect once, use many” for the purpose of the provincial electronic health records (EHR), data analytics and health system planning.

Responsibilities:

Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies
Conducts requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducts stakeholder engagement
Work with different stakeholders and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, and technical).
Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.

Deliverables:

Confirm data exchange strategic goals, objectives and guiding principles in the context of collect once and use many for direct care and subsequent data use as identified in the OH data and analytics strategy and OH data and analytics operating model areas of focus.
Develop a partner engagement plan for within Ontario Health and partner organizations.
Engage key partners to undertake a current state assessment of data exchange services, base standards versions and data exchange practices within Ontario Health (and partner organizations (federal, national, provincial, territorial, and local/Ontario Health Teams)) including evaluation of scope of services, standards supported, tooling, governance, maintenance processes, operational models, etc., including in the context of data governance and the information management planning.
Identify the intersection of common requirements and/or scope of services across Ontario Health and partner organizations.
Assess evolving enterprise data exchange requirements as a result of digital health trends such as Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, use of interface data exchange solutions, etc. and plans for existing tool evolution and trends in Canada and with partners.
Perform a gap analysis between existing services offered by Ontario Health and future requirements to accelerate the adoption of data exchange standards in Ontario.
Identify alignment opportunities to the OH Information Management Plan, Data for Connected Health, Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) Program, OH data governance framework, and other data governance related strategies and plans as appropriate.
Identify alignment opportunities with the OH Interoperable Enterprise Terminology Strategy and implementation work.
Identify opportunities to address gaps and align with strategic goals and partner organizations, including consideration of people, process, technology and change.
Develop a recommended interoperable enterprise data exchange strategy including:
Short-term and longer-term plans
An implementation roadmap
Identification of the relevant business value (e.g., clinical, analytical, opportunity) to the healthcare sector of accelerating the adoption of data exchange standards in execution of the roadmap
Roles and responsibilities between Ontario Health and partner organizations
Additional Terms
Ontario Health assets including laptops and related equipment cannot be removed from the province of Ontario without prior written approval from Ontario Health.

Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as "Remote".

Knowledge Transfer Details:

• The Candidate will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement. Some of this might occur at the end of the engagement but will also be shared as information is obtained/consolidated. Key deliverables will be shared with team.

• The Candidate must provide all related documentation as part of Knowledge transfer protocol. Documents will be reviewed by the appropriate leads and signed off by manager/director.

• The candidate will work collaboratively with OH team throughout the assignment and ensure key deliverables, milestones, and documentation are shared.

• A walkthrough of any demos, development, etc. will be required before end of engagement.

Qualifications
Must haves:

· Minimum 10-15 years’ experience in digital health strategy development

· 3+ years' experience in partner engagement and facilitation for digital health initiatives

· Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR, clinical terminologies (e.g., SNOMED-CT, LOINC) and their application within Ontario Health

· Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and tooling

· 3+ years' experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis

· Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written, and strong stakeholder engagement skills

· Time Management, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects

Desired Skills:

Familiarity with Microsoft Products, with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g., Microsoft Office 365).
College/University undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related discipline from a recognized institution or equivalent experience
Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario
Experience working with Ontario Health
Ability to readily identify, assess and mitigate implementation and adoption issues
Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Required Skills:

Data Exchange standards assessment, selection, development, and maintenance processes
Research and analysis
Communication and collaboration
Partner engagement and management

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:

Substantial knowledge with data exchange standards e.g. HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard : 10 Points

Knowledge of HL7 FHIR standards and other legacy data exchange standards used in a complex environment involving large scale system integration for multiple purposes including direct care, data analytics, system planning and research : 15 Points

Experience in developing data exchange strategy and implementation plans including engagement with partners. : 30 Points

Experience in implementing interoperable digital health solutions, including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the EHR. : 10 Points

Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the Digital Health standards landscape (Ontario Health, Canadian/pan-Canadian, and international standards), and Digital Health initiatives in other jurisdictions (local, regional, provincial) is an asset. : 15 Points

Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional electronic health record projects, interoperability services and integration with healthcare initiatives within regional healthcare organizations for clinical data repositories, and other associated healthcare information systems in use within a jurisdiction. : 20 Points

Total : 100 Points

Summary
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!

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