Clinical Application Support

Vytalize Health • Kansas City, KS

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About The Position

The Clinical Application Specialist is a key member of the Clinical Applications Support (CAS) team and serves as a subject matter expert for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and related clinical applications. This is a junior-to-mid level individual contributor role that partners closely with provider practices, Practice Transformation Managers (PTMs), Operations, Performance, and internal technology teams to optimize EHR workflows, improve clinical data capture, and support value-based care initiatives. The Clinical Application Specialist moves beyond reactive support and plays a proactive role in practice engagement, workflow optimization, documentation standardization, and clinical data enablement. The role is designed to help expand the CAS team’s impact into workflow and EHR data optimization projects—supporting improved quality reporting outcomes while reducing dependence on manual chart abstraction.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in healthcare, business, information systems, or related field required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 1–3 years of experience supporting EHR systems, clinical applications, or healthcare technology environments.
• Direct experience working with provider practices, clinical staff, or healthcare operations teams.
• Working knowledge of common EHR platforms such as Epic, NextGen, Athenahealth, Practice Fusion, Allscripts, or similar systems.
• Understanding of clinical workflows, documentation practices, and structured data capture for quality reporting purposes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of seeing issues through to resolution.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Ability to manage priorities effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools including Teams and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with value-based care models such as MSSP or private payer VBC programs is a plus.
• Experience supporting EHR integrations, data feeds, or vendor coordination preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for EHR-related support, configuration guidance, and workflow troubleshooting for internal teams and provider practices.
• Identify, own, and resolve EHR and clinical application issues through to full resolution, coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders as needed.
• Support practice onboarding activities including EHR access setup, workflow discovery, CEHRT review, and system readiness validation.
• Analyze clinical workflows to identify opportunities to improve documentation, coding, and structured data capture at the point of care.
• Develop and maintain standardized EHR workflow guidance, templates, and step-by-step reference materials across supported EHR platforms.
• Partner with practices to reduce reliance on manual chart abstraction by promoting optimized clinical documentation and discrete data capture habits.
• Support configuration and optimization efforts related to patient flagging, diagnosis code workflows, and quality-focused documentation practices.
• Collaborate with internal teams and EHR vendors on workflow enhancements that support value-based care initiatives.
• Contribute to clinical data optimization projects by helping identify workflow gaps and supported structured data improvements at the practice/EHR level.
• Assist with EHR integration activities including clinical data feeds, vendor transitions, and ongoing maintenance.
• Support QRDA I file acquisition efforts through practice and/or EHR vendor extraction coordination, file validation, and error follow-up.
• Participate in CEHRT compliance verification and documentation activities.
• Maintain confidentiality, data security, and professionalism at all times.
• Collaborative, service-oriented mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• Willingness to learn new systems, workflows, and healthcare programs as the CAS function continues to mature.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree