Director Office of Healthcare Analytics and Informatics

General Summary

Responsible for the development implementation and maintenance of a comprehensive data governance framework encompassing processes that pertain to the sourcing management and consumption of data across all departments within the UMMCs Office of Health Analytics and Informatics (OHAI).  Expected to collaborate with Data & Analytics Service Lines Information Technology the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer Faculty Practice Group (FPI) Quality & Safety Corporate Offices and other key stakeholder groups to optimize data collection aggregation analysis and utilization to improve quality of care operational processes and financial outcomes.

Will lead the data and analytic needs of UMMC across both campuses the FPI and University of Maryland School of Medicine. OHAIs offerings include clinical financial and quality reporting and analytics ondemand reporting selfservice reporting advanced analytics through Big Data solutions and platforms data extracts data governance data integration data management data architecture application integration and web service integration.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

1. 1. Develop implement and manage a data governance framework operationalizing a strategic structured and coordinated program to enhance the organizations ability to manage relevant data assets with a focus on quality and financial optimization and adherence to regulatory and compliance data requirements.
   2. Oversee the development of data policies and protocols in relation to areas such as data quality assurance data access and utilization and data life cycle management.
   3. Oversees the integrity usability analysis and security of all data assets at the University of Maryland Medical Center in coordination with UMMS FPI and UMSOM
   4. Maintain an inventory of all data sources supplied to any member of the UMMC UMSOM and FPI staff which includes identification of source owner included metrics metric definitions interval of distribution and identification of endusers utilizing an endtoend data lifecycle management approach
   5. Responsible for the execution implementation and oversight of the organizations strategic data goals
   6. Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards and data protection standards
   7. Identify opportunities pertaining to the use of information assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness and represent data as a strategic asset
   8. Meets with users to determine data needs ensure users understand data to develop project plans that will meet organizational objectives.
   9. Collaborates with Data Analysts and IT to ensure data alignment quality and availability
   10. Anticipates the needs of internal and external customers and exceeds the expectations of our patients and others that we serve.
   11. Serves as a member of crossfunctional teams to achieve goals of BI (and broader Data & Analytics) projects including work plans system design and testing of solutions.
   12. Create data transparency by ensuring all available data in the data ecosystem can be utilized by any service for improvement subject to usage and access restrictions
   13. Facilitate the identification alignment and synchronizing of data collection analysis and reporting.
   14. Identify and facilitate the implementation of best practices for the governance aggregation and utilization of data to drive operational and financial improvement.
   15. Provide oversight of data analysts/scientists and maintain awareness of issues with data collection alignment and integrity.
   16. Performs the following functions to support informatic optimization and management:
       1. Participate in EPIC functionality optimization and planning of new EPIC workflows protocols and processes to drive clinical quality improvements efficiencies and patient/physician experience at UMMC.  Must comprehend key interfaces and how these pertain to clinical care.
       2. Work with medical staff members to fully exploit EPIC capabilities and participates in system design configuration and training.  Fosters robust partnerships with key clinical and nonclinical stakeholders to leverage EPIC most effectively for clinical care quality of care and patient safety.
       3. Serve as the lead UMMC representative for setting system priorities for medical information systems and assists with the development of clinical information systems that help physicians and medical staff in the delivery of patient care and medical research.
       4. Develop an understanding of provider/clinical needs and builds relationships with physicians to increase acceptance adoption and use of technology systems and tools.
       5. Represent the IT requirements of the clinical leadership and the physician community and advocate with hospital leadership and IT to prioritize medical information and system needs.
       6. In conjunction with IT advise Leadership on the impact of regulatory and compliance requirements on information systems and tools and develops appropriate policies and practices.
       7. Communicate physician/medical staff needs to the IT project team and share project team progress with the physician community.

Qualifications :

Education and Experience

• Masters Degree in Information Management Data Science Data Analytics or  a related field preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in data quality management information architecture data analytics and informatics
• Demonstrated experience in operationalizing databased guidelines policies procedures and standards
• Utilization of a data driven process focused outcomeoriented approach to clinical outcomes improvement
• Prior experience with one or more of the following transaction systems (Epic McKesson Lawson or similar enterprise transaction systems in other industries) preferred.
• Prior experience with using PL/SQL JavaScript and HTML in a working environment

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of data management technology processes and design principles
• Knowledge of industryleading data quality and data protection management practices
• Knowledge of datarelated government regulatory requirements
• Experience in managing enterprise data assets in a large complex healthcare organization
• Ability to analyze complex problems and derive workable solutions
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands shifting priorities and rapid change
• Understanding of privacy laws and regulations
• Good written and verbal communication
• Strong relationshipbuilding skills
• Ability to operate within a diverse team
• Possesses knowledge of user relations data gathering techniques and management information systems.
• Skilled in working with real world data including scrubbing transformation and imputation.
• Proven analytical skills: Able to analyze compare contrast and validate work with keen attention to detail
• Ability to perform data discovery exploration and interpretation
• Skilled in common data manipulation tasks such as reading CSV files filtering contents and producing output files in different formats
• Ability to create maintain and interrogate basic and relational databases from multiple sources including but not limited to Quality Clinical Finance Infection Control Regulatory etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop database and interrogation projects with ongoing followup

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 Compensation

• Pay Range: $73.83 90.69 
• Other Compensation (if applicable): MIP Eligible
• Review theUMMS Benefits Guide