A Healthcare Data Analyst gathers and analyzes healthcare data from multiple sources (e.g. insurance processing, clinical operations, patient behavior) to extract trends and business insights. To succeed in this role, they should be analytical and resourceful. They should also be an excellent communicator who’s able to tell the story behind raw data to non-technical audiences. experience in the healthcare industry is also preferable.
Responsibilities
- Understand health care operations and systems
- Create and validate record-keeping processes
- Pull and integrate data from disparate sources (e.g. cost and claims or clinical data)
- Evaluate and preprocess raw information
- Delve into data to discover discrepancies and patterns
- Build models that capture a wide range of health care operations
- Present and explain information in an accessible way (e.g budgeting reports)
- Suggest ways to both increase healthcare quality and reduce costs (e.g. money spent in R&D)
- Collaborate with management and internal teams to implement and evaluate improvements
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Healthcare Data Analyst
- Experience in data analysis and visualization methods
- Understanding of healthcare procedures
- Knowledge of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) frameworks
- Proficient in SQL and analysis tools (e.g. SAS)
- Knowledge of Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and data management systems
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Outstanding organizational and problem-solving aptitude
- BSc/BA in Health Informatics, Statistics, Mathematics or a related field