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Senior Healthcare Data Analyst - Clinical Data Mapping & Quality

Palo Alto, CA

Transform healthcare with us.

At Qualified Health, we’re redefining what’s possible with Generative AI in healthcare. Our infrastructure provides the guardrails for safe AI governance, healthcare-specific agent creation, and real-time algorithm monitoring—working alongside leading health systems to drive real change.

This is more than just a job. It’s an opportunity to build the future of AI in healthcare, solve complex challenges, and make a lasting impact on patient care. If you’re ambitious, innovative, and ready to move fast, we’d love to have you on board.

Join us in shaping the future of healthcare.

 

Job Summary:

Qualified Health is seeking a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst to serve as the critical bridge between clinical concepts and technical data implementation. In this role, you'll combine deep healthcare domain expertise with analytical rigor to design and implement data mappings that ensure our AI platform accurately represents clinical reality. You'll work directly with health system partners to understand their data structures, develop comprehensive quality frameworks, and translate complex clinical workflows into standardized data models that power our platform's intelligence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Clinical Concept Mapping: Translate complex clinical concepts and workflows into explicit data element mappings across diverse source systems, ensuring semantic accuracy and clinical validity
  • Query Development: Design and implement sophisticated SQL queries that conform source data to our Qualified Data Model while preserving clinical meaning and context
  • Data Quality Leadership: Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive QC checklists and validation frameworks to ensure data integrity across all clinical domains
  • Client Partnership: Work directly with health system data teams, clinical informaticists, and IT departments to understand source schemas, reconcile mapping discrepancies, and optimize data extraction processes
  • Schema Reconciliation: Lead technical discussions with customer teams to resolve data mapping conflicts, standardize terminology, and ensure consistent interpretation of clinical data elements
  • Documentation & Standards: Create detailed mapping documentation, maintain data dictionaries, and establish standardized approaches for clinical data interpretation across EHR systems
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with data engineers, clinical advisors, and product teams to ensure technical implementations align with clinical requirements and regulatory standards
  • Continuous Improvement: Monitor data quality metrics, identify systematic issues, and recommend process improvements to enhance data accuracy and completeness
  • Training & Knowledge Transfer: Develop training materials and conduct sessions for both internal teams and client organizations on proper data mapping and quality validation techniques

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in healthcare data analysis with demonstrated expertise in clinical data mapping and EHR data structures
  • Deep clinical domain knowledge including understanding of clinical workflows, medical terminology, and healthcare delivery processes
  • Advanced SQL proficiency with experience writing complex queries against healthcare databases and EHR systems
  • EHR Systems Expertise: Hands-on experience with major EHR platforms (Epic, Cerner, AllScripts, or others) and understanding of their underlying data models
  • Healthcare Data Standards: Working knowledge of FHIR, HL7, ICD-10, CPT, SNOMED, and other clinical coding systems
  • Data Quality Experience: Proven track record developing and implementing data validation frameworks and quality assurance processes
  • Client-facing Skills: Strong ability to work directly with health system stakeholders, translate technical concepts for clinical audiences, and manage complex data reconciliation projects
  • Problem-solving Capabilities: Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex data mapping issues and develop creative solutions for non-standard data formats
  • Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to document complex mappings and present findings to varied technical and clinical audiences
  • Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Data Science, or related field

Desirable Skills:

  • Clinical Background: Clinical training, HIM certification, or formal healthcare informatics education
  • FHIR Implementation Experience: Hands-on experience with FHIR mapping and transformation projects
  • Epic Certification: Cogito, Caboodle, Clarity, or Chronicles training and certification
  • Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, and healthcare data governance requirements
  • Analytics Tools: Proficiency in Python, R, Tableau, or similar analytical platforms
  • Project Management: Experience leading cross-functional data mapping initiatives
  • Master's degree in relevant field
  • Professional certifications in health informatics (RHIA, CHPS, or similar)

Technical Environment:

You'll work with healthcare data from diverse sources including: 

  • Epic (Clarity, Chronicles, FHIR APIs)
  • Cerner, AllScripts, and other major EHR platforms
  • Claims data (CMS, commercial payers)
  • Clinical registries and specialty systems
  • FHIR R4 and legacy HL7 formats

Impact & Growth Opportunity:

As a Senior Healthcare Data Analyst at Qualified Health, you'll directly influence how our AI platform interprets and leverages clinical data from major health systems. Your expertise in clinical data mapping will be fundamental to ensuring our platform delivers accurate, meaningful insights that improve patient care. This role offers significant growth potential as we expand across diverse healthcare organizations and clinical use cases.

 

Why Join Qualified Health?

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing company and a world-class team, that is poised to change the healthcare industry. We are a passionate, mission-driven team that is building a category-defining product. We are backed by premier investors and are looking for founding team members who are excited to do the best work of their careers.

Our employees are integral to achieving our goals so we are proud to offer competitive salaries with equity packages, robust medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible working hours, hybrid work options and an inclusive environment that fosters creativity and innovation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Qualified Health is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is essential to our success, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we live in. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

Pay & Benefits: The pay range for this role is between $120,000 and $160,000, and will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits.

Join our mission to revolutionize healthcare with AI. To apply, please send your resume through the application below.

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