Clinical Consultant

**PositionSpecialized IT Consultant - Senior**

**Location: 525 University Avenue Toronto ON**

**Rate: $800**

Supplier Comments

**MSP Notes**

**Shortlist Date**: November 15, 2024 12:50 pm

**Must Haves**:

- 3+ years’ hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR tooling including but not limited to Simplifier, HL7 Validator, and Forge.
- 3+ years’ hands-on experience with JSON and XML.
- 3+ years’ knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital health standards and tooling.

**Location**:Remote

**Public Sector Experience**: Preferred

**# of submissions/supplier**: 1

Specialized IT Consultant - Senior

Description

**Background Information**:
Project - Patients Before Paperwork

As part of the refreshed digital health and data strategy, OH will make a concerted effort to leverage new and existing digital solutions, as part of a clinically led change program, to make tangible improvements to how frontline providers work and contribute to bringing joy back to clinical practice.

Frontline providers, particularly in primary care, report administrative burden as one of the leading causes of burnout, worsening the health human resource strain, leading to more Ontarians being unattached to primary care and increasing utilization of walk-in clinics and emergency departments.

Deliverables:
The purpose of this request is to acquire a HL7 FHIR resource with expertise in FHIR standards and awareness of applicable Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components of Patients before Paperwork project in the following capacity and other relevant deliverables as required:
**Must haves**:

- 3+ Healthcare experience within Canada in acute care, primary care and/or community care settings.
- 3+ years' knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital health standards and tooling.
- 3+ years' hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR tooling including but not limited to Simplifier, HL7 Validator, and Forge.
- 3+ years' hands-on experience with JSON and XML.
- 3+ years' hands-on experience implementing HL7 FHIR standards and solutions.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and strong partner engagement skills.
- Time management skills, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects.

**Responsibilities**:

- Conduct requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conduct partner engagement.
- Develop and document HL7 FHIR artifacts and supporting documentation.
- Validate, troubleshoot, and problem solve the HL7 FHIR artifacts.

**Desired Skills**:

- Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR Structured Data Capture (SDC).
- Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario.
- Experience working with Ontario Health and/or legacy eHealth Ontario.
- 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.

**Deliverable Categories/roles**:
Deliverable Category % Allocation
- HL7 FHIR Standards artifacts Development & Implementation Services 100%

**Required Skills**:

- FHIR standards assessment, selection, development, and maintenance processes
- Research and analysis
- Communication and collaboration
- Partner engagement and management

**Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria**:

- Knowledge and experience designing and implementing HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard by demonstrating experience and processes for conducting detailed standards research, gap analysis and recommendations. : 15 Points
- Knowledge and experience developing and maintaining HL7 FHIR implementation guides including publication, versioning, ongoing maintenance and deprecation, including work with standards development organizations or standards maintenance organizations to advance the quality and usability of standards.: 15 Points
- Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of HL7 FHIR standards including use in electronic forms, referrals and other solutions that reduce the use of paper faxing.: 20 Points
- Knowledge and experience of HL7 FHIR tooling including but not limited to Simplifier, HL7 Validator, and Forge.: 25 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 Electronic Health Record (EHR) and consider effective workflow.: 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 a