Public Health Data Analyst III
Lantana Consulting Group, Inc. provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. We have established ourselves as a trusted leader in the industry with two decades of expertise in developing and deploying technical specifications and interoperability solutions. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care.
Primary purpose:
Provides consulting, analytics, testing, training, and development services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Leverages advanced analytical skills and public-health knowledge to provide actionable insights for Lantana’s clients.
A successful candidate will do the following:
- Access and analyze complex data from various sources, manipulate datasets, and conduct statistical analyses
- Perform regular and complex quality checks on data and analytic deliverables
- Lead and own data cleaning and manipulation for tasks; implement automated solutions
- Conduct analyses in Python and/or R; interpret, summarize, and present findings to relevant stakeholders, including technical, clinical, and product teams
- Develop materials, review documentation, troubleshoot issues, and report results related to FHIR–EHR mapping, patient-identity matching, encounter reconciliation, and clinical-data standardization using HL7® FHIR® and other healthcare terminologies
- Collaborate to plan, develop, and implement projects and materials
- Communicate advanced analytic advice and statistical methodology to clients, management, and staff
- Analyze and understand client needs and translate them into formal requirements
- Provide results to the project team and clients both verbally and in writing, in technical language or plain language as appropriate for the audience
- Test applications and provide feedback to software developers and quality-assurance technicians
- Maintain expertise in public health and stay abreast of industry changes and trends
- Develop trainings, project updates, and presentations on NHSN’s work in antimicrobial use and resistance for clients, stakeholders, and partners