Population Health Analytics - Biostatistician
Location: Kansas City Missouri
Description: Cerner is at present recruited Population Health Analytics - Biostatistician right now, this position will be placed in Missouri. For complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. Cerner Overview
Cerner is contributing to the systemic change of health and care delivery. We started by digitizing paper processes and now ! offer a comprehensive array of information software, professional services, medical device integration, remote hosting and employer health and wellness services. Cerner systems are used by everyone from individual consumers, to single-doctor practices, hospitals, employers and entire countries. Taking what we’ve learned over more than three decades, Cerner is building on knowledge in the system to support evidence-based decisions, prevent medical errors and empower patients in their care.
Cerner solutions are licensed by approximately 9,300 facilities around the world, including hospitals, physician practices, home health facilities, employer sites, retail pharmacies and ambulatory facilities such as labs, cardiac care, radiology and surgery centers.
Group Overview
Cerner’s Population Health organization is a multi-disciplinary business unit focused on enabling clients to better understand, manage and engage populations to deliver a higher qua! lity of care at a lower cost. By developing innovative solutio! ns that work with the data from the Electronic Health Record (EHR), this organization helps build healthier communities, one person at a time. The Population Health business unit focuses on applying the same principles that Cerner, as a whole, has applied successfully with their hospital clients: predictive algorithms, clinical decision support and a “closed loop†health system. This approach ensures that health care facilities are delivering the best care to their patients effectively, efficiently, and rapidly. By aggregating data from multiple sources, hospitals can use this data to identify, score and predict risks, targeting population-wide health improvement campaigns and interventions. By offering a programmable health network to deploy clinical decision support to the patient and caregiver, while also monitoring individual patient conditions and the overall population status, this organization partners with our clients to deliver advanced care and lower costs as ! they seek to manage the health of populations.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Biostatistician with a strong foundation in bio-statistical design and analysis methods to contribute to the success of Cerner’s Population Health organization. Positional responsibilities include report form development, statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and reporting of results to internal and external clients.
Responsibilities:
Able to plan, design, conduct and coordinate investigations of chronic and infectious disease.
Analyze the prevalence, incidence and risk factors of chronic conditions within in a variety of populations
Develop report forms, perform statistical analysis, interpret data, and report results to internal and external clients
Contribute to quality control and product development and improvement
Conduct analysis and statistical consultation on a large cohort study
Responsible! for data management, including preparation of data for analyses, data ! cleaning, extracting data from large data bases and developing quantitative measures to be used for analysis.
Has the ability to recommend, implement and evaluate disease surveillance, control, and intervention activities
Identify and correct common flaws in interpretation of results, inconsistency in presentation or inference.
Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of statistical input into reports or decisions
Research statistical methods, data analysis methods and novel technologies as needed
Design, perform, and lead others in performing exploratory and confirmatory data analyses to identify patterns in public health outcomes and associated population and community variables
Ensure that analysis project goals are met in a timely manner, and documents progress
With some assistance, provide programming and analytical support, as well as guidance with project design, for projects involving epidemiologic da! ta sets
Effectively mentor non-statistical peers with regard to basic statistical methodology
Perform additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Require a Master's degree in Biostatistics or related biological, medical or medical research fields
Experience with designing/analyzing case-controlled, cohort, and longitudinal study designs
Basic familiarity with sample survey methods
Skilled & efficient in producing descriptive & analytic reports
Ability to manage large datasets
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills are required
Excellent organizational skills, time management, and ability to coordinate workload and meet established deadlines.
Self-directed and comfortable performing in a rapidly-developing, highly ambiguous environment
Comfort engaging with Cerner and client executives
Abilit! y to travel up to 20%
Preferred Qualifications:
Kno! wledge of informatics and reporting platforms is preferred
Have an understanding of prevention, public health & public health programming preferred
Have an understanding of prevention, public health & public health programming
Understanding & experience analyzing public health datasets
Additional Information
Cerner Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace.
Applicants for U.S. based positions with Cerner Corporation must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position starts available on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 01:22:26 GMT