Job Description

Job Summary
The Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative for Quality Improvement (MARCQI) is a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and Blue Care Network (BCN) Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) that aims to address inconsistencies and variations in patient outcomes related to hip and knee joint replacement surgery. The goals of MARCQI are to create a statewide quality improvement infrastructure by developing a consortium of hospitals in Michigan to engage in quality improvement activities for hip and knee joint replacement surgery procedures and reduce the costs of this care in the State of Michigan. We are bringing together arthroplasty practices across the state of Michigan to collaborate and share data regarding processes of care and clinical outcomes in the treatment of hip and knee replacement procedures. We are seeking a highly skilled individual who will serve as a Database Manager & Integration Specialist for our Coordinating Center full-time located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The MARCQI Coordinating Center collects and analyzes multi-sites observational data. This position supports various activities for quality improvement.

Responsibilities*
This person will serve as a member of the MARCQI analytic team and be responsible for working closing with analytic team members, MARCQI Senior Program Manager, MARCQI Program Directors, and MARCQI coordinators.

Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

Database management (50%)

Under general direction, designs, implements, and maintains complex database, access methods, access time, device allocation, validation checks, organization, protection and security, documentation, and statistical methods.
Maintenance of database dictionaries, overall monitoring of standards and procedures, and integration of systems through database design
Interface with database vendor for data output usability
Navigate raw database output for quality control checks and data cleaning for analytic use
Map appropriate datasets from multiple resources
Support quality improvement analytic work with dataset development
Perform data transformation as needed
Create, update, and maintain data management processes documentation
Collaborate with stakeholders, team members, and end-users to identify and understand MARCQI clinical data collection needs
Work with MARCQI Coordinating Center team members and database vendor in the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of technical data collection specifications
Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information appropriately.
Work to identify system requirements and security maintenance, HIPAA compliance, etc., potentially in conjunction with HITS
Database reporting (30%)

Develop, validate, and update database dashboards and queries with MARCQI database vendor
Produce, update and design quarterly and Annual reports for quality improvement purposes
Work with MARCQI leadership for quality improvement metric reporting and surveillance
Statistical effort (15%)

Validation of report and dashboard analytics
Develop, test, and execute queries to support MARCQI quality initiatives
Understand data requirements for measuring and tracking MARCQI quality improvement projects and goals
Develop methodologies for metric tracking and management with leadership
Conduct intermediate statistical analyses such as computing descriptive statistics, modeling, and simple measures of data dispersion and variation
Create figures necessary for collaborative wide and work group meetings as requested
Actively participate in and attend all MARCQI collaborative meetings.
Assist sites and MARCQI Coordinators with data analysis reports utilization related to quality improvement projects.
Complete other assigned projects, as needed
Operating support (5%)

Create figures necessary for collaborative wide and work group meetings as requested
Actively participate in and attend all MARCQI collaborative meetings.
Assist sites and MARCQI Coordinators with data analysis reports utilization related to quality improvement projects.
Complete other assigned projects, as needed
Required Qualifications*
Proven experience in data management, analysis, and reporting

Proficiency in programming languages and data science packages (e.g., SAS, Python, Pandas, SQL)

Prior experience in healthcare or clinical data management.

Familiarity with data collection and survey tools

Attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy

Well-developed organization skills including, but not limited to, the ability to set priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Ability to work independently and cohesively as part of a team with strong interpersonal skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language.

Proficient ability to use Microsoft Office (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), Google Suite (e.g. Drive, Docs, Sheets, Jamboard), DropBox, EndNote, GitLab, Asana

Independently address tasks with minimal direct supervision

Positive attitude and a willingness to identify areas needing support and providing it

Discretion when dealing with highly sensitive information

Focus on customer service

Well-developed organizational skills



Senior level

Master's degree in a related field (e.g., Data Science, Computer Science, Health Science, Biostatistics, Statistics, Mathematics, Health Analytics, Information Science, Computer Engineering) with 2 - 3 years of relevant work experience or Bachelor's degree in the same fields with at least 3 - 5 years of relevant work experience