Medical Informatics Analyst

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has a rich history of providing exceptional healthcare, dating back to 1891. Building upon a legacy of compassionate care and innovation, our organization has evolved over the years through strategic partnerships and integrations to expand our reach and services across the Puget Sound area.

Today, as Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, we remain deeply committed to healing the whole person – body, mind, and spirit – in the communities we serve. This commitment is strengthened by the diverse expertise and shared values brought together through our growth.

Our dedicated providers offer a full spectrum of health care services, from routine wellness to complex disease management, all grounded in rigorous research and education. Our comprehensive network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites strategically located across the greater Puget Sound region reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and comprehensive care.

We are proud of our pioneering medical advances and numerous awards and accreditations that reflect our dedication to excellence. When you join Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you become part of a team that delivers top-quality, professional healthcare in modern, well-equipped facilities, and contributes to a legacy of service built on collaboration and shared purpose.

The Medical Informatics Analyst applies informatics knowledge and expertise, clinical, operational experience, critical thinking, and leadership skills to facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to advocate for and support our regional providers and executives to increase clinical system efficiency, expand technology utilization, foster innovation, reduce barriers to access clinical systems, facilitate clinical system design and implementation, provide information to generate insights that improve decisions, achieve better outcomes, advance regional strategies, and promote quality care.  This role will work as part of a larger team where each individual will have specific focus on areas such as Ambulatory Medicine, Oncology, Hospital Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, and Reporting.  The position will work with regional and national Informatics teams to provide domain knowledge, when needed, for education/training, at-the-elbow support, and troubleshooting standard issues.  In addition, this role works collaboratively with diverse teams (i.e., Operations, Revenue Cycle, and Information Technology) at multiple levels of the organization to achieve the system objectives.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Engage with Providers to enhance their Efficiency and Productivity by reducing barriers to complete and efficient documentation, improving charge capture, streamlining workflow, and reducing waste.
• Enhance the usability of our providers' electronic platforms to decrease the burden and reduce variability. Remove ineffective systems to increase provider utilization of our technology.
• Participate in the Design and support of effective and regulatory-compliant content, Clinical Decision support, and reporting/metrics to provide insight and enhance clinical and operational outcomes
• Advocate for the needs of our Regional Providers, representing their needs across the organization and improving their experience with the technology they utilize by supporting optimization, build, and leading change preparedness efforts.
• Oversee, enhance, and steward the clinical systems downtime tools and provider downtime readiness.
• Remain proficient in using all CommonSpirit Health-specific applications supported by the Medical Informatics team.
• Maintains accurate documentation within the Incident Management System to include a clear description of the problem, the steps utilized in problem-solving, and the final solution.
• Participates in assigned committees or workgroups to serve as an Informatics resource.
• Analyze and interpret data using statistical methods, data mining techniques, and visualization tools to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
• Analyze existing workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness through the use of technology.
• Perform statistical analysis of patient medical records.
• Coordinate projects with Information Technology (IT) to ensure effective integration of clinical systems with other institutional applications.
• Assess and document technology requirements, make priority recommendations, and advise on possible options, risks, and costs. Assist in the design, research, and writing of technical specifications. Ensure the implementation of electronic records support and enhance patient care through the facilitation of workflow processes.

• The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree OR Associate's degree (plus 2+ years clinical, healthcare or informatics related experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.)

Certification:

• EPIC Certification (EPIC) required within 12 months of hire date.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Health Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of Informatics experience.