American College of Cardiology · 12 hours ago
Associate, Clinical Measurement and Informatics
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $115K/yr
5+ years expThe American College of Cardiology is dedicated to transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health. The Associate, Clinical Measurement and Informatics will work with experts to develop clinical data sets and maintain clinical terminology standards while supporting quality measure development and reporting.
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Responsibilities
Serve as subject matter expert and point of contact for clinical registry datasets, clinical terminology and healthcare informatics, ensuring standardization across all NCDR registry products
Responsible for maintaining clinical terminology standards as well as translating clinical terminology into recognized technical standards, including: Standards for encoding diagnostic and procedure information, including ICD-9, ICD-10, SNOMED-CT and CPT-4; Standards for encoding laboratory results, such as LOINC; Standards for encoding healthcare administrative data, such as EDIFACT specifications for ASC X.12, HL7 ADT messages, and FHIR, as needed; Standards for health specialties (e.g., RxNorm for prescribing, and other workflows); Standards for clinical trials and research (e.g., CDISC)
Lead the development, maintenance, and implementation of hospital and ambulatory patient registries for NCDR, including: Identifying target data elements, definitions, and data quality submission criteria and thresholds, aligned with national standards and in partnership with internal informatics experts; Developing or updating data collection forms that are aligned with clinical workflow and minimize data collection burden; Advising on the translation of data collection forms into data capture tools by IT, including supporting incorporation of voice of the customer and applying human-centered design principles
Standardize, update, and monitor ACC’s Clinical Data Dictionary to ensure consistent, accurate terminology, definitions, and coding across all NCDR registries
Support the development, maintenance, and reporting of quality/performance measures and other complex quality indicators to NCDR participants, including: Providing measurement expertise for a wide range of quality metrics, including but not limited to risk-adjusted outcome, appropriate use criteria, processes of care, and quality composite measures; Working with NCDR’s academic analytic center partners to develop models for risk-adjusted or complex measures, or other calculation algorithms; Advising on the translation of measures into visual and quantitative displays, including benchmark groupings, by IT, including supporting incorporation of voice of the customer applying human-centered design principles; Analyzing quality measures for healthcare and translating into recognizable electronic specification formats
Convene and collaborate with work groups of clinical and methodologic experts, and volunteer NCDR leadership, to ensure clinical sensibility during strategic planning and decision making for projects
Serve as staff liaison and/or content expert to internal committees and advisory work groups, including presenting measure and dataset work at committee meetings, seminars, and national conferences
Manage multiple projects simultaneously and independently while demonstrating a high degree of productivity and adherence to deadlines
Provide technical consultative guidance to internal teams to manage customer relations and address issues related to clinical datasets or measures
Lead or support tasks related to government or private contracts, dependent on need and funding
Other responsibilities and duties, as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree preferably in public health, informatics, or related field
5 + years of related work experience in performance measurement, quality improvement, clinical decision support, and/or medical informatics (at least 2 years must be directly related to informatics) with technical understanding of specification development and implementation of performance measures
Strong understanding of clinical terminology, informatics, evidence-based medicine, performance measurement, FHIR standards, electronic clinical quality measures or digital quality measures
Experience with standard health-related terminologies, e.g., SNOMED, ICD, CPT, LOINC, RxNorm, etc
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to organize multiple tasks and set priorities under strict deadlines
Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to initiate and manage complex projects and to work independently
Ability to oversee and manage complex relationships
Ability work well in a team environment and to lead matrix project teams with physicians, executives, contractors, consultants, and other staff
Proficient with Windows-based Microsoft Office Suite
Preferred
Master's degree in public health, informatics, or related field preferred
Clinical experience or knowledge of cardiovascular medicine
Experience in outcome research or quality improvement processes
Public speaking and presentation skills
Familiarity with Agile development methods (scrum, kanban, etc.) and technical support platforms
Experience with industry informatics groups (AMIA, HL7, KIMSS)
Benefits
Insurance (medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability, and supplemental options)
Generous paid time off (pre-loaded vacation and sick, 12 holidays and an organizational shut-down during the last week of the year, parental leave, 2 community service days, and half-day summer Fridays)
Tuition assistance
10% retirement contribution after a year of service
Company
American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology, a 49000-member nonprofit medical society.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
John Rumsfeld
Chief Science and Quality Officer
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