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Healthcare Data Analyst - Boston, MA
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA Boston, Massachusetts |
About this job
Innovation. Adaptability. A passion for analytics and problem solving. If those traits brought you here, this opportunity can take you much further. Humedica, now part of Optum, is serving the health care marketplace with the information tools and analytics solutions that will fuel change going forward. We're well past big data. In fact, we're using great data to uncover new solutions and novel marketplace opportunities. If you thrive on making an impact in an evolving market, we should be talking. Join the expanding family of UnitedHealth Group companies and help shape history. You'll help us improve the lives of others while doing your life's best work.(sm)
Humedica is looking for smart, motivated people who are passionate about using information technology to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of the health care system. We develop analytic information systems for physicians and hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers that extract and present data employing near real time analytics. Humedica received the highest score in the KLAS 2011 Business Intelligence Report.
The environment is fast paced and innovative. Our team is highly self-directed. We are looking for others to join us who will take ownership of responsibility, work collaboratively and always look for ways to add to the personal and professional growth of the company and their peers. Humedica offers the opportunity for rapid advancement in responsibilities.
We are looking for Data Analysts with strong deductive reasoning and analytic skills to join our data operations. The Humedica data management team doesn't build software, we build the data that is used by software, and that influences the way we approach our work. Our data analysts mainly analyze data but also analyze process, practice root cause deduction, and elicit requirements from peers and do a little project work. We work with clinical data from a variety of different sources, and then work with data about the data. We develop queries that describe data quantitatively and qualitatively, decide on normal thresholds of variation, and investigate anomalies. We work alongside ETL developers, data engineers, and clinical informatics specialists to build data from a number of different source systems. We're intrinsically motivated by our curiosity, meticulous about details, and enjoy becoming experts on our data model and data content.
Our ideal candidate will have experience working with clinical healthcare data and data quality from its creation in the real world, through its electronic representation and manipulation, to its use by health care practitioners and quality managers. Candidates with strong data experience in multiple fields who have an interest in clinical healthcare data are also encouraged to apply.
The environment is fast paced and innovative. Our team is highly self-directed. We are looking for others to join us who will take ownership of responsibility, work collaboratively and always look for ways to add to the personal and professional growth of the company and their peers. Humedica offers the opportunity for rapid advancement in responsibilities.
We are looking for Data Analysts with strong deductive reasoning and analytic skills to join our data operations. The Humedica data management team doesn't build software, we build the data that is used by software, and that influences the way we approach our work. Our data analysts mainly analyze data but also analyze process, practice root cause deduction, and elicit requirements from peers and do a little project work. We work with clinical data from a variety of different sources, and then work with data about the data. We develop queries that describe data quantitatively and qualitatively, decide on normal thresholds of variation, and investigate anomalies. We work alongside ETL developers, data engineers, and clinical informatics specialists to build data from a number of different source systems. We're intrinsically motivated by our curiosity, meticulous about details, and enjoy becoming experts on our data model and data content.
Our ideal candidate will have experience working with clinical healthcare data and data quality from its creation in the real world, through its electronic representation and manipulation, to its use by health care practitioners and quality managers. Candidates with strong data experience in multiple fields who have an interest in clinical healthcare data are also encouraged to apply.
Primary Responsibilities:
Data Quality Analysis
- Support fast-paced monthly database build in a production environment
- Compare multiple instances of client data side-by-side and quantify the deltas
- Use in-house data quality tools to review and analyze data volumes
- Perform ad-hoc analysis in addition to standard reports
- Query database using selects, joins, subqueries, aggregations, and more advanced SQL to research data questions
- Research anomalies to their root causes
Communication
- Communicate data review findings to internal stakeholders, sometimes formally, sometimes informally
- Initiate discussion when data anomalies can't be readily explained
- Interview peers and browse our Wiki to continually learn about the data
Define Process
- Define new QA requirements as client data, and our data model, evolve
- Move from specific cases to the abstract, widely-applicable case
- Work with team to spec and automate the busy work in our processes
- Implement process flow improvements to expedite production cycle
Support Development
- Network with subject matter experts and programmers to support ETL development
- Review the results of new ETL development and reconcile with intended changes
Training
- Train new analysts as the team grows
**This position is located in Boston, MA**
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or information management field, or equivalent work experience
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational database systems, or strong knowledge of another data analysis language (SAS, R, Python) and an understanding of SQL
- Ability to develop hypotheses, refute or confirm those hypotheses with data, and pivot to new hypotheses
- Ability to work creatively, both independently and as part of a team
- Attention to fine details and work processes
- Desire and ability to learn new skills, systems and processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of health information systems, and/or enterprise data systems
- Working knowledge of the SDLC and ETL / data warehouse processes
- Experience using version control software
- Background in statistics
- Experience using bash, *nix file systems, one or more common scripting languages, PL/SQL
Humedica is a next-generation clinical informatics company that provides novel business intelligence solutions to the health care industry. Through cutting-edge analytics, Humedica connects patient information across varied medical settings and time periods to generate a truly longitudinal and comprehensive view of patient care. Humedica provides its partners and customers with the informatics solutions necessary to improve, manage, and succeed in today's dynamic health care market. Humedica is defining knowledge in health care.
Our culture is intellectually rigorous, focused on solving daunting analytical and technical challenges while supporting employees to maintain a healthy balance of hard work and fun. We pride ourselves on the quality of our employees, the importance of our mission and the clients we serve.
Careers with Optum. Adaptability. A passion for analytics and problem solving. If those traits brought you here, this opportunity can take you much further. Humedica, now part of Optum, is serving the health care marketplace with the information tools and analytics solutions that will fuel change going forward. We're well past "big data." In fact, we're using "great data" to uncover new solutions and novel marketplace opportunities. If you thrive on making an impact in an evolving market, we should be talking. Join the expanding family of UnitedHealth Group companies and help shape history. You'll help us improve the lives of others while doing your life's best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.
Job Keywords: SQL, relational database, SAS, R, Python, SDLC, ETL, data warehouse, bash, *nix file systems, PLSQL, Boston, MA, Massachusetts