Position Summary The Principal Clinical Informatics is responsible for data analytics, data provisioning, ad hoc analysis, and assisting the Health Information Technology team and Clinical Quality in identifying data-driven improvement strategies and implementation plans resulting in improved patient care and services. This includes working with other departments and teams to develop patient safety and quality dashboards to demonstrate improved outcomes.

Promotes the understanding, integration, and application of healthcare information technology in support of clinician/provider objectives, the organization's vision, strategic goals, and industry best practices. Assist with compiling and organizing healthcare data, analyzing data to assist in delivering optimal healthcare management, and communicating their findings with management. POSITION REQUIREMENTS Education/Qualification Bachelor's degree in an applicable area of studies such as public health, health informatics, or information technology; Master's, preferred.

Certified in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), preferred. RN, NP, PA, or other Clinician Type, preferred. Minimum of 5 years of recent, relevant professional experience in healthcare analytics.

Experience in Data warehouse including ETL experience. Experience with data querying languages, and statistical or mathematical software. Experienced and proficient in writing algorithms and knowing when to apply them.

Responsibilities: Works with the Quality Improvement (QI) department to provide clinical data analysis to improve quality metrics throughout the organization. Devise methods and procedures for collecting and validating data while ensuring the accuracy of the data for Clinical Quality Measures(CQM). Manage and Design both back-end organization of data reports and front-end accessibility for end-users.

Refine and translate designs into a specific data model and achievable meaningful reports. Maintain awareness of organizational quality initiatives to ensure workflows will support the goals and facilitate the development of reports/dashboards to support the goals. Commission and install new applications and customize existing applications to make them fit for purpose.

Manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of a report database. Meets with clinical end users to gather workflow requirements; analyzes, designs, configures, educates, and supports the implementation of those requirements. Manage complex query tuning and schema refinement.

Assist in the preparation and completion of other state and federal reporting documents, including the annual UDS Report and other BPHC initiatives. Submission and development of final CQM reports to external Quality Improvement (QI) project agencies and partners/funders. Promotes the use of health IT and Clinical quality measures to improve patient safety by designing, developing, implementing, and educating on health IT systems.

Continuously collects, analyzes, and reports data in collaboration with quality on patient safety issues and outcomes to leadership/management. Ensures clinical practices and corresponding policies and procedures related to health IT follow appropriate regulatory requirements and other applicable standards. Develop outcomes-oriented work plans and manage project activities and deliverables.

Provides critical analysis and evaluation of health IT and recommends revision of clinical systems, processes, and workflow to ensure achievement of positive patient outcomes. Assists teams with Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles. Prepares quarterly CQM/QI Report, interprets the variation in the data, and reports to the Quality Committee, Executive Team, and Board QI Committee in written format.

Analytical skills related to solving complex procedural problems in time-critical situations, particularly where relations must be maintained in sensitive situations. Skills Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to make quality, independent data-driven decisions.

Ability to maintain confidentiality. Ability to adapt to multiple and changing priorities. Advanced knowledge of data analytic tools and techniques required.

Experience with eClinicalWorks - eBO preferred and Relevant Analytics tool. Familiar with HRSA, HEDIS, UDS, Government Healthcare practices, health analytics Proficiency with database programming languages such as SQL. Proficiency with Python for data manipulation.

Experience with data visualization tools. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Responsible for ETL of large data into SQL Server.

Author and modify SQL Server Reporting Services reports. Perform SQL Server integration with enterprise applications. T-SQL Programming Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Monitor performance and manage the system and clinical functional requirements. Map out the conceptual design for planned system implementation and database. Knowledge of licensure regulations, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and state/federal standards.

Knowledge of Performance Improvement methodology and Outcomes Management Demonstrated problem-solving, data assembly, and action planning ability leading to the development of action plans that will prove helpful in achieving measurable objectives. Ability to organize, formulate, educate, and facilitate problem-solving teams. Demonstrative ability to work without supervision towards the desired outcome.

Expertise in Microsoft Office and Database management. Must be self-directed and able to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience required with designing and implementing integration between systems and third-party business partners where data must be shared between systems and services.

Support the organization as needed. Performs other duties as requested