1. Northwestern University
Evanston, IL • Private
In-State Tuition
$54,568
Enrollment
8,451
Healthcare data analysts are known for their exclusive knowledge of data management, acquisition, interpretation, and analysis. They perform this task directly using healthcare data, thus, providing pragmatic insight for medical staff like clinical researchers, physicians, and other decision-makers to make use of. They are also known as healthcare business analysts, or in most cases, health information management (HIM). Their responsibilities include gathering and interpreting data from different sources, e.g., billing claims, patient satisfaction surveys, and electronic health records, helping organizations improve the quality of health care they render, moderate the cost of healthcare, Improving each patient's health status.
Their role becomes paramount as the day goes by; this is seen in the quest by the big company's sudden dependence on big data analysts. And as days go by, health organizations still research ways to improve their already quality healthcare using Health Data Analysts. Healthcare data analysts can work in health systems, hospitals, health insurance companies, health information technology vendors, large physician practice groups, states, federal departments, agencies, etc.
To qualify as a Healthcare Data Analyst, you must have the ability to process complex problems at a particular time frame, work under pressure, and have a passion for the healthcare sector. Again, you must be able to multi-task and must be able to work as a group. As for the salary, they earn from $65,000- $73,616 annually, depending on their experience.
