Who we are Acupera is a San Francisco digital health company with focus solutions that enable the new paradigms of healthcare delivery What we do We are developing a portfolio of digital health solutions that assist providers in population health management and care coordination Our solution will enable provider institutions to successfully risk stratify their patient population and manage the clinical and behavioral issues that drive poor medical outcomes Our cloud based analytics and workflow engine allow medical centers to maximize their human resources and achieve best possible clinical outcomes We have successfully implemented our solution in large health systems and are working with over 2 million patient records that includes EHR data claims pharmacy data devices etc Who we are looking for We are looking for an experienced informatics specialist to be an integral part of the team in product development data integration data mapping care pathway development and all other matters related to clinical informatics Responsiblities This position serves as our clinical informatics expert to direct activities associated with clinical information acquisition storage and exchange and to facilitate applying information to the requirements of the Acupera system They will lead data integration projects with EHRs Claims labs and other data sources be the primary source of guidance for the technology team in all clinical informatics issues lead efforts to set up terminology services drug databases data mapping etc The position requires an extremely hands on individual who has intricate knowledge of clinical informatics and can function independently to complete these projects This position serves as our clinical informatics expert to direct activities associated with clinical information acquisition storage and exchange and to facilitate applying information to the requirements of the Acupera system They will lead data integration projects with EHRs Claims labs and other data sources be the primary source of guidance for the technology team in all clinical informatics issues lead efforts to set up terminology services drug databases data mapping etc The position requires an extremely hands on individual who has intricate knowledge of clinical informatics and can function independently to complete these projects This role will also be responsible for defining the measures for our clinical analytics be able to conduct data analysis then work with the software engineering team to build in the analytics in the system and verify the results Some example tasks they may be responsible for Given inpatient and outpatient data sources from a single or multiple geographically close health care systems come up with the best logic to reliably match patients Come up with a mapping scheme to map a custom lab coding scheme to the LOINC terminology Analyze a data set from a customer in a SQL database and figure out the logic to infer that certain exams have been performed For different data sets come up with the logic to determine clinical criteria such as the occurrence of clinical events eg a diabetic foot exam since many events are not present as structured claimsICD 9 codes QualificationsRequirements Masters in medical informatics Doctor of Medicine with few years of clinical experience preferred but not required Ambulatory clinical experience with EHR architecture and data modeling of clinical administrative and practice databases Full familiarity and ability to work with various clinical data standards such as ICD RXNORM LOINC Snomed UMLS Must be comfortable to independently view and analyze data in HL7 format such as ADT CCD CDA v2 v3 RIM etc Must be comfortable with basic queries in SQL Must be comfortable with 837 claim formats and know how to view an 837 form in a human readable format and find different elements Must be comfortable with 837 claim formats and know how to view an 837 form in a human readable format and find different elements Must be able to work with customer IT departments to gather further information about the data sets Must have worked with terminology services such as Apelon 3M HDD Health Language IMO Must be comfortable with the functioning of an EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index Ongoing knowledge and understanding of TJC 038 CMS requirements Must demonstrate an ability to 1 establish and maintain collaborative working relationships 2 communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms with people of all socioeconomic backgrounds 3 set clear priorities and achieve outcomes in an ambulatory environment 4 negotiate effectively 5 respect and preserve the confidential data to which this position has access 6 perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure 7 effectively organize time tasks and information and 8 exercise discretion appropriately 9 demonstrate skills in strategic and critical thinking negotiation and relationship building 10 exhibit the highest values of excellence integrity and innovation