Healthcare Data Analyst I

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital’s Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation and Informatics Program at the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School, has an immediate opening for a Healthcare Data Analyst I to join a multidisciplinary team to develop data pipelines processing electronic medical records to support clinical care, research and operations.

You will work with biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons, and data scientists on applied translational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS or related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience with healthcare datasets and Epic EMR.
• Experience with large language models.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and maintaining data processing pipelines and reporting tools.
• Perform data validation to ensure high-quality information.
• Create and manage databases and data repositories.
• Develop insightful data visualizations.
• Interpret data and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Produce documentation on processes and workflows.

Skills

Python programming

SQL

Data analysis

Epic EMR experience

Large language models

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Position Summary: The Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation and Informatics Program (www.musculoskeletal.ai) at the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has an immediate opening for a motivated Healthcare Data Analyst I to work with a multidisciplinary team of biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons, and computer and data scientists to contribute to development of data pipelines to process electronic medical records to assist with clinical care, research and operation. This opportunity is primarily focused on applied and translational data analysis with immediate impact on clinical care of patients with a range of musculoskeletal conditions, through publication of novel findings and development of computational tools used by clinicians.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in the research, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of data processing pipelines, and reporting and analytical tools in the context of the hospital's clinical and/or financial systems. Collaborates with clinical and administrative staff to ensure that reports are timely, accurate, meaningful, and interpretable. Works with other team members to ensure that analyses and reports provide detailed, specific data regarding performance of individuals, teams, programs, divisions, and the department. Generates reports from a variety of internal and external sources.
• Performs standardized data validation activities to ensure the highest quality information for decision-making.
• Assists in the creation of large new databases, or creates smaller databases as needed, and maintains a valid and accurate data repository to ensure availability of required information. Assists in the definition of specifications for key data elements, data collection procedures, and integrity of databases. Improves and maintains the production environment for tasks and applications.
• Works with team members to develop insightful display of data using visualization tools.
• Assists in the interpretation of data, and provides team with data-driven recommendations.
• Produce and maintain documentation on processes, database models, and project workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required

Experience

• 2 years of relevant experience is required
• Expertise in Python programming
• Expertise in SQL and database querying
• Experience with healthcare datasets and electronic medical records, in particular Epic platform
• Experience in the use of large language models and their application