Track emerging technology, standards, and policy developments that affect public health laboratory informatics, including data modernization initiatives. The committee leads the informatics contribution to APHL’s response to Request for Information, covering LIMS, cybersecurity and the use of AI in laboratory processes.
Maintain and promote APHL developed resources, guidance, and the informatics competency framework. These resources provide informatics workforce guidance focused on role specific skills, training and professional development resources for current and aspiring public health laboratory informaticists.
Convene a recurring venue for members to discuss, engage, and learn about critical informatics topics, challenges and solutions across the public health laboratory community.
Facilitate the Rhapsody, STARLIMS and Clinisys communities of practice, including Collaborate engagement, quarterly meetings and member-driven resource sharing.
Guide public health laboratories through the interconnected requirements of TEFCA, health information technology policy and FHIR to achieve meaningful interoperability with information systems while evaluating the vision of the HHS health IT ecosystem’s impact on labs.