a. Contributing to the CalSyS program launch, including leading strategic planning and the development of program roadmaps and timelines; supporting the development of program staffing structures, the delineation of duties and responsibilities, and new team member onboarding protocols, trainings, and supportive materials; developing program budget analyses and tracking and monitoring processes; adhering to state legislative and regulatory requirements; and creating standard operating procedures (SOPs) for specified program efforts (e.g., administration and maintenance of California’s chosen syndromic surveillance system); and developing program evaluation plans, goals, objectives, metrics, and processes; b. Supporting the onboarding of hospital facilities to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Syndromic Surveillance Program’s (NSSP’s) BioSense platform through quality control and report validation to ensure adherence to reporting requirements; querying, mining, and manipulating syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to support the development of customized research data queries and canned research data sets; and provisioning SyS user access and trainings; and c. Researching the capabilities, resources, requirements, and structures of SyS programs/systems in other states and jurisdictions to draft recommendations and requirements for the CalSyS program’s future expansion potential within a comprehensive CalSyS interoperability feasibility plan and report; provide high-level technical consultation regarding syndromic surveillance, informatics, and tools and resources that can be used to achieve CalSyS program goals (i.e., having a cost-effective statewide system that can be used to meet related reporting requirements and monitor emerging public health threats so that data-driven actions can be implemented as needed to promote health and wellness throughout communities in California).
