Electronic Health Records (EHR) Business Analyst

WiredPeople, Inc.•Oklahoma City, OK

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The EHR Business Analyst supports enterprise electronic health record modernization initiatives for a state public health agency. The role bridges clinical operations, program leadership, compliance, and IT by assessing, eliciting, and defining functional, clinical, operational, data, and reporting requirements. Working with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, the analyst evaluates workflows, supports system enhancements, and helps ensure EHR capabilities improve public health service delivery and operational efficiency. The position is full-time and hybrid, with three onsite days and two remote days per week in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Management, or a related field.
At least 3–5 years of progressive experience as a Business Analyst directly responsible for requirements elicitation, workflow mapping, and system testing.
Familiarity with EHR platforms, health data workflows, or clinical and operational processes.
Demonstrated experience authoring business requirements documents, functional specifications, process flows, and executive dashboards.

Nice To Haves

Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Health Administration (MHA).
Experience in federal, state, or municipal government agencies, state public health departments, or complex healthcare delivery networks.
Business analysis certification such as IIBA CBAP/CCBA or PMI-PBA.
Process improvement certification such as Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
Project or change management certification such as PMP, CAPM, or Prosci.
Strong familiarity with public health reporting, HIPAA compliance standards, and healthcare interoperability frameworks.

Responsibilities

Elicit, analyze, document, and prioritize business, clinical, operational, data, and reporting requirements across concurrent EHR initiatives and modules.
Translate stakeholder needs, clinical workflows, operational bottlenecks, and strategic objectives into clear, testable, solution-neutral functional specifications.
Distinguish business and clinical objectives from legacy-system limitations, workarounds, and technology-specific assumptions.
Assess cross-program needs to identify shared baseline requirements, program-specific exceptions, technical dependencies, and opportunities for standardization.
Map and evaluate current- and future-state clinical and operational workflows, identifying gaps, handoffs, and process improvement opportunities.
Create business analysis artifacts, including process maps, business rules, use cases, user stories, traceability matrices, and Standard Operating Procedures.
Prepare executive briefings, requirements status reports, and analytical risk assessments for project leadership and steering committees.
Facilitate review and consensus sessions with clinical personnel, epidemiologists, program administrators, informatics specialists, and IT teams.
Resolve conflicting requirements and document architectural decisions, policy alignments, and approved exceptions.
Partner with technical teams and clinical end-users to validate configured EHR capabilities against approved requirements.
Develop end-to-end test scenarios and test scripts, and lead structured User Acceptance Testing sessions.
Log, track, and prioritize system defects and configuration discrepancies, and verify readiness before production releases.
Coordinate analysis milestones, stakeholder workshops, review cadences, and deliverable handoffs with the Project Manager.
Communicate requirement statuses, dependencies, emerging risks, and escalations within project governance frameworks.