Faculty Physician Director of Data Analysis and Health Information Emergency Medicine

Philadelphia, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Details

The Director of Data Analysis and Health Information is a faculty physician-leader within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. This role is ideal for a board-certified emergency physician (MD/DO) with advanced expertise in health informatics data analytics and clinical operations.

As a key member of the departments leadership team the Director will spearhead the use of Epic EHR and QLIK systems to enhance data-driven decision-making optimize clinical workflows and support research education and quality improvement initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to drive innovation at one of the nations premier academic health systems while contributing to emergency care delivery across Jefferson Healths urban and regional campuses.

Job Description

Clinical Informatics and Epic Optimization

Serve as the lead physician champion for Epic system optimization within Emergency Medicine.
Collaborate with Jeffersons CMIO IT and HIM teams to design refine and implement clinical documentation tools Epic dashboards SmartPhrases and workflows tailored to emergency care.
Guide adoption of Epic tools such as SlicerDicer Reporting Workbench and Radar Dashboards to support faculty residents and operational leaders.
Stay abreast of emerging technologies and platforms that enterprise software vendors adopt and lead education to ED providers on these changes.
Serve as the informatics representative for TJU on an Enterprise level and collaborate with other informatics leads within the Jefferson system to leverage best practices throughout the enterprise emergency departments.

Data Strategy and Analytics

Develop and lead the departments strategy for clinical and operational data use across TJUH/JMH/JHN.
Analyze and report on key ED metrics (e.g. throughput acuity LWBS boarding times return visits).
Ensure data integrity and drive evidence-based improvements in quality safety efficiency and patient experience.
Collaborate with the departments clinical operation and quality improvement leaders to identify issues and develop appropriate and actionable plans including timelines and milestones.

Academic and Scholarly Contributions

Support faculty and resident research by facilitating data access and advising on methodology.
Produce academic output in the areas of clinical informatics emergency medicine operations health IT or health services research.
Contribute to education by mentoring residents and students on informatics clinical documentation and data science principles.

Health Information Governance

Ensure compliance with HIPAA CMS and Joint Commission standards for documentation and coding.
Follow developments in professional standards and regulatory guidelines and advise/inform same to EM providers facilitating adherence as it relates to departmental electronic systems.
Liaise with Jefferson HIM compliance and revenue cycle teams to support accurate efficient and optimized clinical documentation practices.

Clinical Responsibilities

Maintain an active clinical role in the Emergency Department.
Serve as a role model in integrating technology and evidence-based care into clinical practice.

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Jefferson University Physicians

Primary Location Address

1020 Sansom Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Job DetailsThe Director of Data Analysis and Health Information is a faculty physician-leader within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. This role is ideal for a board-certified emergency physician (MD/DO) with advanced expertise in h...