DSI provides overall Project Management for this critical application...

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has been developing an electronic disease reporting system for infectious diseases. The Ohio Disease Reporting System (ODRS) will provide a constantly updated database that is continuously accessible by local health departments and appropriate ODH staff. ODRS should improve the timeliness and completeness of disease reporting, providing continuous access to case data, case management and analysis tools. Mailing, sorting and processing of forms should be reduced while increasing data security, data sharing and communication among health departments. Due to recent events, the federal government has decided to increase the scope of this project to include detection and tracking of bioterrorism incidents.

DSI provided overall Project Management for the implementation of the Automated Drug Dispensing System, designed to decrease the cost of administering medications and decrease rates of medication errors  by nursing  staff throughout the state pyschiatric hospital systems. Responsibilites included assisting in the selection of hardware vendor, creation of the overall project plan, approving all recommended technical considerations. DSI coordinated all tasks to be performed by State employees, the vendor and technical contractors needed to install the dispensing devices, as well as the implementation of the technical interfaces to all related State systems.

DSI's responsibilites included:

• Managing a team of 8-10 people, through coordination with a project lead, in the development of systems using the Microsoft .NET platform.
• Interviewing potential technical resources to assess technical skills and professionalism.
• Tracking and managing contracts and costs associated with contracted resources.
• Developing reports and analysis on project for OMIS and ODH program management.
• Leading JAD sessions with end users and management.
• Managing multiple project components simultaneously by overseeing other ODH staff.
• Developing and prioritizing project tasks, and making assignments to senior project staff.
• Enforcing work standards and reviews/resolving work discrepancies to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Setting and maintaining standards for project planning, documentation and testing / quality.
• Analyzing needs to conduct requirement assessments.
• Conducting use case based analysis of business processes.
• Analyzing development team estimates of project deliverables.
• Maintaining project plans covering the high level activities of the development group.
• Assisting the technical architect and project lead in the design of the application.
• Reviewing documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Managing risks associated with the developemnt effort.