Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences•Little Rock, AR

About The Position

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education, research, and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization, focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans. Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. Under the direction of and Clinical Informatics and in close partnership with Pharmacy, the Clinical Informaticist (CI) is responsible for the planning, implementing, supporting, and optimizing of projects related to data extraction, processing, report application development, and analysis. Specific to clinical informatics, the CI is responsible for evaluation of the implementation of existing tools through reporting and analytics with a focus on expanding machine learning capabilities. This individual participates in the development and support of reporting applications, and, through these applications, both provides and assists the department with data analysis.

Requirements

PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy)
Proven programming experience in one or more programming languages is required.
Strong SQL coding skills, visualization building, and data analytics experience.
3+ years working knowledge of one or more hospital electronic medical record (EMR) vendors, such as EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, or Allscripts
3+ years of Epic Clarity report writing experience or equivalent formal training
1+ year experience with a Business Intelligence Visualization Tool such as (Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik)
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS, or SSAS
Experience with Microsoft Office
Epic Cogito Certification is required.
Coding languages: SQL
Software: Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite
Knowledge: General knowledge regarding electronic health record database structure, health record reporting, and data visualization

Nice To Haves

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalence experience
Additional certificate or degree in Pharmacy Informatics
MBA
A licensed Registered Pharmacist in the State of Arkansas or eligible for licensure.
Epic Certifications – Willow Inpatient/Willow Ambulatory, Clarity
Software: Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft PowerApps
Coding Languages: Python, R,
Knowledge: Prior experience working with pharmacy accrediting bodies/concepts (340B, Leapfrog, URAC, Joint Commission, CMS, Revenue Integrity), Epic electronic health record, and Clarity database extractions
Utilize Power BI to deliver high quality BI solutions in an enterprise environment
Skilled in ETL tools and methods
SQL querying
Experience writing Power Query, DAX, MDX for complex data projects
Experience creating and maintaining reporting assets in Power BI
Experience in Data Mining and Statistical Analysis
Expert problem solving and analytical skills
Experience connecting to APIs

Responsibilities

Lead meetings related to data needs of Clinical Informatics to drive data outcomes related to operational goals
Attend clinical informatics leadership meetings to provide insight on data availability and analysis opportunities
Serve on institutional committees where clinical informatics data analytics is essential to committee function.
Present identified revenue improvement/expansion opportunities to clinical informatics leadership
Communicate with stakeholders to answer questions and requests related to data needs
Develop SQL code to extract requested pharmacy data from Electronic Health Record database
Integrate data from other databases (vendors, third parties, and internal sources) to provide further insight
Create, publish, and maintain report dashboard applications to allow self-service reporting for pharmacy leadership on the medication use process (ordering, verification, dispensing, administration, charging, and monitoring)
Create, publish, and maintain report applications to track specific financial, operation, clinical, and quality metrics for departmental and institutional goals.
Create, publish, and maintain report applications to identify additional revenue opportunities related to uncaptured revenue, inadequate reimbursement, and new business proposals.
Provide guidance regarding the availability data from various sources to requesting customers
Provide insight on best practices to accomplish data-related goals
Make recommendations on potential metrics to determine financial, operation, clinical, and quality metric goal performance
Provide insight on key factors affecting Vision 2029 performance and provide solutions to improve target performance
Propose strategies to create new revenue or improve current reimbursement based on analysis of institutional data
Provide guidance and oversight on UAMS machine learning platforms for operations and Clinical Informatics (CI)
Create an evaluation plan for machine learning implementations with guidance from operations and CI
Provide guidance on reporting for usability evaluations on tools implemented in the electronic medical record
Manage projects related to the data analysis needs of business intelligence and clinical informatics
Ensure key stakeholders are updated on project progress
Develop reports as needed to demonstrate progress in project development and monitoring related to project success
Serve as residency rotation preceptor (as requested)
Serve as lead for Clinical Informatics Fellowship education track on reporting and data analytics.
Provide content-specific lectures in clinical informatics (as requested)
Educate on general concepts related to data analysis and extraction for residents, fellows, and students.
Prioritizes work and seeks input when appropriate
Other duties as assigned.