Population Health Data Consultant

Advocate Aurora Health
Oak Brook, IL

Major Responsibilities:

  • Utilizes business intelligence tools to analyze complex data sets and produce visualizations for both internal and external customers.
  • Works with business leaders to find and explain the underlying causes of key performance results, and propose appropriate solutions based on an understanding of the business context and objectives.
  • Develops and implements statistically sound evaluation methodologies that quantify the clinical and financial effectiveness of EPH initiatives in ways that enable senior leadership to make informed tactical and strategic decisions.
  • Develops business and clinical hypotheses.
  • Partners with technical teams in AAH’s IT departments to enhance existing business intelligence tools and troubleshoot problems.
  • Maintains focus on long term, strategic projects while responding effectively to occasional urgent ad hoc requests from leadership.
  • Stays abreast of current trends in healthcare analytics through continuing education opportunities and professional networking.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

  • None Required.


Education Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, or
  • Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Administration, or
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, or
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.


Experience Required:

  • Typically requires 7 years of experience in a data analyst role with at least three years in the healthcare industry in either a payer or provider environment.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

  • Knowledge of the SAP suite of business intelligence tools and other analytical tools such as PowerBI, SAS, or Strata.
  • Understanding of relational database structures and best practices.
  • SQL programming skills are a plus.
  • Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment with multiple interdependent teams.
  • Ability to apply statistical or other mathematical principles and methods to a variety of complex healthcare datasets
  • Knowledge or ability to learn the Epic Chronicles data environment.
  • Ability to create effective data visualizations for a variety of internal and external audiences. Expertise in crafting info graphics or similarly visually concise visualizations is desired.
  • Understanding of complex healthcare reimbursement systems.
  • Skills to communicate complex technical concepts in ways that both executives and frontline clinicians can understand.


Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

  • Position may require some travel. May be exposed to road and weather hazards.
  • Generally exposed to normal office environment.
  • Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

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