Jr Health Informatics Analyst

Title:  Junior Health Informatics Analyst

Department:  Quality Management Department

Reports To:  Manager, Health Informatics

Location:  Manhattan (248 West 35th Street)

Position Status:  Consultant

FLSA Status:  Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY  

The Junior Health Informatics Analyst under the supervision of the Manager, Health Informatics and in collaboration with the VP, Quality Management, conducts data and statistical analyses for various departments across the organization including clinical, Health Home, Business Development, billing and finance.  The Junior Health Informatics Analyst   creates and runs standard and special reports and other system queries for data extraction from the organization’s Data Warehouse, and electronic medical record, eClinical Works (eCW) and other databases. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Works collaboratively staff across all departments of the organization to accurately identify reporting and project related data needs


• Planning and designing reports utilizing clinical practice workflows and EMR- CDA (Clinical document architecture). Must be able to explain reports or data outcomes


• Consistently and timely respond to data requests. Must be capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining data integrity and accuracy of reports


• Maintains the data dictionary and technical specifications of all measures and reports and report cards including clearly defining all numerators and denominators


• Investigate data on CPCI- a Clinical Data Repository and provide solutions to correct information such as missing, inconsistent or incomplete data


• Develop and disseminate clinical and financial metrics such as report cards, KPIs and automated daily/monthly reports


• Performs additional duties as assigned

The above is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of the job.  It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all the job functions.   

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree minimum requirement. Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or minimum 3 years of related work experience


• 1-2 years of experience in Microsoft SQL or MySQL


• Report writing skills using Business Analytic software’s such as IBM Cognos Report Studio, Crystal, BridgeIT, Tableau, Qlikview or similar


• Familiarity with any EMR such as Ecw, Epic or similar or worked in a healthcare setting


• Must be flexible and be able to adapt to different tasks including ability and willingness to learn new as well as existing computer technologies

 SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Superior analytical, strategic planning, and communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal and team skills


• Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft applications (Access, Excel, Word, Project)


• Ethical and professional business behavior with an ability to maintain confidentiality


• Self-motivated and self-directed to work within a team and/or work independently


• Extremely detail-oriented in both verifying own work as well as the work of others


• Ability to communicate knowledge and information to staff from a wide variety of cultural and educational backgrounds


• Customer service-oriented