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Short Description:  The Business Analyst is responsible for the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization.
Complete Description:  Resource needed for the identification of available references, data sources and data transport methods, development of business scope and business requirements supporting Delaware’s Division of Public Health Zika initiative. The objective of this initiative is the development of detailed Business Requirements that can be leveraged for the design, development and or procurement of a technical solution that will allow Delaware to best manage Zika related initiatives.
    This phase will focus on gathering business requirements and creating an online design Web-based form to capture the Zika Pregnancy Registry form variables (maternal health history, assessment at delivery, infant health follow-up, and case investigation) that will be available for online completion and submission by healthcare providers.

The business analyst who will work with OIDE epidemiologists, informatics, and surveillance staff to develop detailed business requirements, project charter, and business case (IT processes required by the state of Delaware). 
An ideal business analyst will have prior proven experience in creating the web-based form.  While it is not required, it is a highly desired ability.  
Primarily, the business analyst will conduct a workflow analysis to map disease investigation form variables to their data source (provider's EMR, hospital EMR, vital records, epi investigation, etc.), create a data dictionary, and propose a health information technology based solution.  This position will compile the information to draft an RFP for the technical solution.
This business analyst may be called upon to communicate EHR (electronic health records) and/or PHR (public health record) related issues w/ DPH partners
The candidate should have prior:Experience w/ Public HealthExperience w/ data transport – xml, hl7 web services sftp etcExperience w/ EMR (Electronic Medical records – HER (Electronic Health RecordsExperience facilitating meetingsExperience data mappingExperience creating detailed requirementsExperience creating workflowsExperience creating a data dictionary
This position can extend beyond the initial length and is likely to do so based on project scope.

SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceExperience operating as a business analystRequired5YearsFull cycle business analysis experience - information gathering through RFPRequired5YearsProven experience learning and documenting business process from end to end.Required5YearsTechnical aptitude combined with the ability to interact with various levels of business users.Required5YearsPrior experience working with Health EMR/EHRRequired3YearsPrior experience working with Public Health dataRequired5YearsFamiliarity gathering requirements for use in engagement of vendor-developed solutions.Required5YearsPrior experience conducting workflow analysisRequired5YearsPrior experience creating data dictionariesRequired2YearsPrior experience conducting information gathering in preparation for an RFPRequired1YearsKnowledge of logic, databases, data flows, and data analysis.Highly desired2YearsPrior expereince developing web forms using SMTP/HTML and Web ServicesHighly desired2YearsPrior experience communicating EHR (electronic health records) and/or PHR (public health record) related issuesHighly desired2YearsExperience with and/or knowledge of technical integration methods IE: web services, SFTP, HL7 messagesHighly desired2YearsStrong verbal and written communications skillsRequired