Healthcare Data Analyst

Job Description

Description:

Swedish Medical Center is calling a Healthcare Data Analyst to our Cherry Hill location in Seattle, WA.

We are seeking a Healthcare Data Analyst to support Swedish Health Services’ goals by writing queries and creating reports that allow us to improve the quality and value of care that we deliver to our patients. This role provides analytic support to measure clinical process and outcome measures related to disease, clinical processes, care pathways and population health. The ideal candidate is passionate about data and its ability to tell stories and answer questions that are meaningful for providers and patients.

In this position you will have the following responsibilities:

• Create, validate, and maintain SQL queries to pull data from Epic’s Clarity database and other Swedish/Providence data sources (e.g., EDW) in order to understand and improve practice patterns and patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with Quality Division colleagues, physicians, administrators, and other Swedish partners to scope, design, and validate recurring and ad hoc reports.
• Document project details using Jira and maintain report specifications that clearly describe how the report works.
• Enhance existing reports and reporting processes to create efficiencies and added value throughout Swedish.
• Code review and other collaboration with Swedish and Providence analysts/database administrators to ensure coordination of efforts and best-practice sharing.
• Interpret reports for administrative, clinical, and non-technical audiences.
• Understand and educate colleagues on the connection between data input and reporting output.
• Use Tableau to create reports that effectively and efficiently communicate the key message.
• Participate in initiatives to continuously improve the methods and processes of the Healthcare Analytics team.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications for this position include:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, information technology, health informatics, public health, or related subject.
• 3 years of recent SQL programming experience/proficiency required. Skills should include some combination of: SQL Server 2012, Data Warehouse design, Oracle SQL.
• Working knowledge of healthcare and quality improvement.
• MS Access proficiency required.
• Database management expertise required
• 3 years of progressive experience in healthcare operations, decision support tools or management of complex databases and analytics.
• Excellent organization and analytic skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and healthcare coding standards (e.g., CPT and ICD-10 codes)
• Skills with analytical software (e.g., Excel, SQL, SAS, R) as well as demonstrated knowledge of business service systems and the ability to operate complex business applications and systems.
• Ability to communicate complex clinical and/or financial information to operational staff. Ability to interact comfortably with a wide range of individuals, including clinicians and senior leadership.
• Ability to work in a collaborative and supportive way with teams and colleagues from the Quality Division, Healthcare Intelligence, Information Services, Finance, and others.
• Proven experience creating, managing, and validating large data sets.

Preferred qualifications for this position include:

• Master’s degree in one of the above disciplines preferred.
• Experience with reporting data out of Epic Clarity and/or Chronicles databases, proficiency required after 6 months
• Experience with Tableau data visualization software preferred and required proficiency after 6 months
• Experience and familiarity with statistical analysis methodologies, modeling, and hypothesis testing

Aboutthe Cherry Hill Campus

What is now

known as the James Tower at Swedish/Cherry Hill Campus was home to the first

hospital in Seattle, established in 1877 by the Sisters of Providence, a

Catholic charity. On July 1, 2000, the 385-bed tertiary care center previously

known as Providence Seattle Medical Center became part of the Swedish healthcare

system.

We offer a full comprehensive range of benefits — see our website for details

https://caregiver.ehr.com

Our Mission

Our nonprofit Mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of each person we serve. Our Vision is to demonstrate the highest-quality, best-value healthcare to all we serve.

About Us

Swedish is the largest nonprofit health care provider in the greater Seattle area. It is comprised of five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); ambulatory care centers in Redmond and Mill Creek; and Swedish Medical Group a network of more than 118 primary care and specialty locations throughout the Puget Sound. Swedish employs more than 13,300 employees and 3,100 physicians and allied health professionals. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we’re committed to caring for the people in our region and beyond. Swedish is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Swedish does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, protected veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day

Job Category: Information Technology

Location: Washington-Seattle

Work Locations: Cherry Hill James Tower (WA197) 550 17th Ave Seattle, 98122

Req ID: 215321