Fortify Children's Health seeks a Population Health Interoperability Specialist.

How does this role support patient care?

The Population Health Interoperability Specialist is responsible and accountable for conversion of data from various sources into standardized formats that can be utilized in population health, as well as analysis and display of same. Fortify Children's Health ("Fortify") a pediatric clinically integrated network (CIN) co-founded by Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and the University of Virginia Children's Hospital. The Interoperability Specialist prepares data from multiple EHRs, Payor claims, Health Information Exchanges prior to loading into the Health Data Intelligence (HDI) platform. The Interoperability Specialist also supports extraction of data from HDI and transforms and loads data via API into other platforms as needed. The integration specialist is also responsible for back-end validation of data and supporting data validation with front-line clinicians. This position requires a strong knowledge of SQL, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, scripting for data manipulation outside of SQL, and experience with Healthcare Data. Additional activities include but are not limited to data integrity monitoring and creation of dashboards in OCI or Tableau for display of data. Due to the immediate need for the position, it is desired that the candidate be able to contribute immediately without the need for extensive training.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Works collaboratively with department personnel to gather data requirements, formats, necessary conversions and ETL processes, and provides information needed for data-driven decisions.
• Understands CIN needs for data and display of data and end goals to support contracts
• Maintains appropriate documentation used for the design, coding and utilization of data.
• Predicts the meaning of data by cleansing, screening, and applying statistical methods and algorithms when necessary.
• Maintains data integrity and security to keep data management systems current.
• Explores and identifies opportunities for improvements; recommends enhancements to improve and optimize the environment.
• Keeps abreast of trends, best practices, and new developments pertaining to data management and analytics.
• Performs other duties, tasks and specialized projects as assigned.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in a field related to data analytics from an accredited college or university.
• 3-5 years of experience in design, collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of quantitative information in a pediatric clinically integrated network setting.
• Experience must include working with both claims and electronic health record data, and ideally with Health Information Exchange data.
• Experience with multiple EHR vendors preferred (i.e. Epic, Oracle, Office Practicum, eClinicalWorks).
• Demonstrated ability in database development, programming, data analysis and display, as evidenced by certifications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle SQL, and/or Tableau.
• Strong knowledge of data cleaning methods and transformation; experience using scripting to clean, consolidate, and transform textual data.
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting language required.
• Must have demonstrated organizational skills, the ability to manage a large volume of work, tight deadlines, and frequently shifting priorities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's degree required. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Experience: 3 years relevant experience.

Licensure: None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. Depending on department, this job may occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The pay range for this role is $53,506.00 - $107,013.00 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and education support
• Generous Paid Time Off

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