Knowledge Management Committee

The APHL Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) supports our members in capturing, sharing and applying knowledge by providing guidance and utilizing APHL’s tools and resources to enhance laboratory operations.

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Our Purpose

About the Committee

Committee Charge

The Knowledge Management Committee (KMC) provides guidance on effective management and use of APHL resources for members to improve laboratory processes, procedures and systems. The committee adapts, develops, collects, organizes, and disseminates tools to promote public health practice. 

What is Knowledge Management?

Knowledge management is the process of collecting, organizing, and sharing an organization's knowledge and information, including data, so individuals and teams can find and use it. Knowledge management allows organizations to avoid re-inventing the wheel, work more efficiently and effectively, identify solutions, and inform decision-making.

Knowledge management is crucial for enhancing public health laboratories by ensuring that valuable information, lessons learned, and model practices are captured, organized, and shared across the system.

Through knowledge management practices, APHL helps laboratories work more efficiently, support succession planning and cross-training, improve workflows, and make informed decisions.

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Priorities

Collect, develop, and introduce knowledge management practices and tools to improve laboratory workforce knowledge retention and learning.
Guide and support the APHL’s Quality Systems & and Analytics (QSA) program by interpreting data, providing feedback and drawing conclusions from different APHL workforce surveys and evaluation projects (with WDC and LSS).
Promote the use of APHL resources including tools and data-driven dashboards.

Our Work

Projects and Work Products

Current Projects

The Committee is currently working on:

Exploring workforce knowledge and training needs regarding artificial intelligence (AI)
Providing guidance on the Workforce Profiles trending dashboard and the Real-time Training Needs Assessment
Launching the 2026 Workforce Profiles Survey
Creainge Model Practice Resource documents based on Public Health Laboratory practice in the field

Databases Overseen by the Committee

Member-developed Resource Center (MRC): The Committee continues to identify, upload, and promote new workforce-related documents to the MRC.
Public Health Laboratory System Database (PHLSD): The Committee continues to update and improve the functionality of the PHLSD, including updating laboratory profile information.