APHL Informatics Self-Assessment Tool Training & Demonstration
Dear Members,
Coming July 2015, APHL will launch the Informatics Self-Assessment Tool; a web-based application
created for public health laboratories (PHLs) designed to assess their Informatics capabilities. Driving
towards sustainable laboratory practices, this application is the brainchild of a collaborative effort
between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and APHL under the Laboratory Efficiency
Initiative (LEI) project. Developed as the ‘gold standard’ for laboratory informatics best practices; this
application measures the laboratories maturity against nationally recognized benchmarks and standards.
Key features of the Informatics Self-Assessment tool:
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The tool will assess your laboratories current informatics capability, measure gaps from an
enterprise wide and individual lab domain perspective.
The tool will provide guidance on key informatics laboratory processes and efficiencies allowing
PHLs to measure and improve their operational maturity over time.
The tool gives PHL professionals the ability to identify, plan and prioritize the use of existing
resources; document and communicate these priorities to policy makers and monitor current
informatics capabilities on an ongoing basis.
The application will also offer a suite of data visualization tools providing a comprehensive view of the
laboratories self-assessment data! Users will be able to compare and visualize data in a variety of ways on
the national, regional, local and organization level; identifying trends and areas of improvement.
We will hold a training and demonstration of this exciting new application on June 30 from 2:00-3:00pm
ET. You can register for this event here: Informatics Self-Assessment Tool Training Registration.
Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation letter with additional details on the event. If you have
difficulty with the online registration process, please email registrar@aphl.org or call 240.485.2727.
For more information on this training contact Cassandra Hadley at cassandra.hadley@aphl.org.
Cassandra Hadley
Specialist, Informatics Program
Association of Public Health Laboratories
240.485.2715
cassandra.hadley@aphl.org