Data Anaylst - Health Analyst II
Location: Windsor Mill Maryland
Description: Quality Health Strategies is at present looking to employ Data Anaylst - Health Analyst II right now, this career will be placed in Maryland. Further informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. This mid-level professional position performs study design, data analysis, and report preparation. Studies originate from preliminary data analysis (trends)! , literature review, experience and expertise of the team and mandated projects. Data analysis, including data preparation and presentation of findings is performed in conjunction with other analysts. Reports are drafted by teams with leadership of data managers or team leads.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Trend data to identify potential opportunities (e.g., variances, significant outliers, percentile ranked groups) for quality improvement or focused investigations.
Design data analysis strategies to identify potential areas for quality improvement or focused investigation.
Develop epidemiological sound indicators of the quality of care.
Analyst data and summarize into quality indicator values
Identify external benchmarks of care for comparative purposes.
Develop tabular and graphical presentations of data which clearly and concisely illustrate current levels of care.
Write draft reports which ! clearly and concisely illustrate current levels or care.
Contribute to the development of interventions (i.e., develop educational materials for doctors and nurses) which will improve healthcare processes and outcomes.
Design re-measurement strategies (after intervention) of healthcare processes and outcomes to effectively quantify impact of interventions for improvement.
Analyze re-measurement data and summarize into quality indicator values.
Develop reports concerning all of the above.
Prepare draft manuscripts for publishing in peer reviewed journals.
Performs a variety of tasks some requiring independent thought and research. A degree of creativity and latitude is required.
Required Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of office software and the internet to meet contract deliverables. Utilizes required data entry and reporting systems, including advanced features. Must have the ability to work independently with minimal ! supervision. Must have the ability to grasp and adapt to changes in procedure and process. Must have the ability to effectively resolve complex issues. Ability to mentor other associates.
Required Experience
Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) required, Masters Degree preferred, preferably in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health or related discipline (e.g., Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science). Minimum of 4 years of hands-on SAS programming experience and at least two years experience in healthcare-related data analysis as well as demonstrated knowledge of health care and claims or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of various database management systems in order to input, extract and manipulate information. Demonstrated experience and knowledge of health care information (health claims data, ICD-9-CM codes, physician specialty codes, provider identifiers) is preferred.
Other preferred exp! erience: SAS Programming, Database Management Systems, SQL, Health ! Care Information
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This career starts available on: Sat, 18 May 2013 07:56:40 GMT