Senior Health Data Analyst

Job Description:

The Senior Health Data Analyst position performs custom analysis of health care data for both internal and external clients. The position addresses all aspects of report development for research projects and publication, and independently conducts consulting work with clients. In addition, the position may involve the design and specification of new products around health care information.

Position requirements:

The candidate should possess a full range of health data management, analysis and informatics skills, including but not limited to:

• Understanding of data specifications and documentation and how to work with software developers to execute specifications
• Strong communication and presentation skills, specifically the ability to clearly explain technical information
• Strong report design skills, including the ability to create readable and clearly documented tables and charts for internal and external communication
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage competing deadlines
• Ability to coordinate data resources across multiple client settings – dealing with staff from all levels of the client organizations
• Prior clinical and/or healthcare outcomes/quality management experience
• Knowledge of and experience in using advanced statistical methods, especially to interpret complex healthcare data
• Experience working with SQL and SAS (3+ years preferred), including use of macros, relational DB and iterative processing, statistical graphics, and efficient management of large datasets
• Microsoft SSIS and SSRS experience a bonus
• Experience working with claims and other individual or encounter level health care data
• Ability to independently develop and execute valid analytical approaches to answer specific research questions

Educational Requirements:

An advanced degree in public health, nursing, health informatics or a Bachelor's degree in a relevant area with a minimum of five years health care data analysis or related experience

Usability and Interaction Designer – contract

We are looking to contract a top-notch usability and interaction designer to help us rebuild our user portal and the applications running on it. This is a 2-3 months contract that may expand based on future needs and the quality of the design work. If you are excited by designing and building simple solutions for complex problems, if finding ways to achieve higher data density without overwhelming the viewer keeps you up at night, this might be right job for you.

We expect the designer to:

• Quickly gain a deep understanding of the customer, the products, and the information
• Analyze user behavior based on web metrics and usage data
• Design the user-interface model, information architecture, interaction flow, and various interface assets
• Create illustrations and mockups for various design options and prototype the final design using HTML, CSS, and Flash
• Work closely with the product team to detail and implement the design of the applications and bring them all the way to production

The successful candidate will have:

• 10+ years of experience in user interface design, interaction design, and information architecture in a web environment
• Delivered multiple large scale websites to production (thousands of pages, millions of users)
• Complete command of HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, SEO, and browser specific issues with the above
• Analytical skills and experience using web analytics tools
• Experience designing high-volume reports and data visualization. Experience with SQLServer Reporting Service and its RDL are highly desirable
• Significant experience doing usability design, usability studies, and designing usability metrics

If you’re excited about data, love to build highly usable and intuitive systems, and are passionate about helping improve health care outcomes, apply now. Please attach links to your portfolio or work samples you’d like to share with us.

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Senior Software Development Engineer

We expect our developers to:

• Deliver high-quality functional software to production. Scale systems and databases to support a fast growing client base, and lead performance improvement efforts
• Be the technology leader, facilitating everyday architecture and design decisions, and setting coding standards and development best practices
• Coach and mentor team members on coding, testing, and design work. Perform code reviews, lead design reviews, and introduce tools and techniques that help drive quality and productivity across the team
• Participate in technical recruiting and set the standard for interviewing and hiring engineers into the team
• Drive product and system innovation, advocating the creation of tools and feature that delight customers and support smooth operations

The successful candidate will have:

• Computer-Science/Engineering degree or equivalent
• 8+ years of successfully building and delivering software products to market
• Hands-on coding experience with OO languages (C#/Java/C++). Experience with .Net highly desirable
• Complete command of SQL, stored procedures, data modeling, and database design. Experience with SQLServer 2008, SSIS, and SSRS highly desirable
• Coding experience with server side scripting (PHP/ASP.Net). VB.net experience a bonus
• Detailed understanding of designing and building service-based software products. Able to architect the entire distributed software stack, all the way from the database to the web application
• Deep insight into the software creation process and an intuitive feel for the human aspects of software development. Agile development experience highly desirable
• Data driven approach to decision making and a deep understanding and data and metric design. Healthcare data systems / HIPAA compliance experience a plus but isn’t required

If you’re excited about data, love to build high capacity systems, and are passionate about helping improve health care outcomes, send us your resume.

In your email please include your solution to the following coding question:
In a language of your choice write a function that takes a string and returns the longest palindrome contained in that string. A palindrome is a symmetrical string – it reads the same from left to right and from right to left. Please make sure your solution really works and provide a few interesting test cases for it. Try to make the code as efficient as you can. For extra credit provide a complexity analysis for your solution.

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Technical Support Analyst

Job Description:

This position is responsible for content development, technical support, training and product implementations for OCS, Inc. with a dedication to clients in our new market. As one of the first new hires for our company, part of your job will be to work with all levels of end-users, from data entry operators to practioners, office managers, IT staff and data analysts. This position represents the "face" of OCS, therefore, you must maintain and enhance OCS’ reputation for excellent client support and customer service.

Job responsibilities include:

• Create and write new product content and support documentation
• Complete, escalate and/or follow up on client’s support inquires via phone, chat and email
• Perform client outreach when necessary
• Perform and monitor new client software implementations
• Document client interactions into call tracking system
• Provide group and one-on-one training via tele- or web-conferencing
• Identify software improvement opportunities
• Other duties as requested or assigned

Position Requirements

• Experience in/knowledge of the dental industry (e.g. sales, hygienist, office staff, etc.)
• Strong verbal, writing and interpersonal skills
• A technical trouble-shooting aptitude
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and establish priorities
• Ability to multitask, take initiative and work collaboratively with others in a fast-paced environment
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and dedication

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Salesforce, WebEx and SQL
• Basic skills in data analysis helpful
• Experience in training or coaching groups or individuals

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Data Analyst I

Job Description

This position assists with the custom analysis of health care data for both internal and external clients. The position may also be involved in the design and specification of new products around health care information.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs custom data analyses
• Tracking, processing, and managing of client information and data files
• Write functional specifications/requirements for projects
• Create user documentation
• Produce and/or provide internal education
• Creates presentations using results of data research
• Works on special projects

Position Requirements

• Up to 2-3 years experience in data management, analysis or informatics skills
• Experience with SQL
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical information
• Good project management skills including ability to manage competing deadlines
• Good skills in MS Office, specifically Excel and Access
• Attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize issues in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work with software developers to execute specifications

Desired Qualifications

• Healthcare experience or background preferred
• Experience with coding in SAS and/or SPSS

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