Healthcare Data Analyst

Overview

Joint Commission seeks a highly skilled and motivated Healthcare Data Analyst to support a growing portfolio of research and analytics initiatives that inform quality improvement, accreditation strategy, certification programs, and system-level learning. Working directly with the Vice President and Chief Research Officer as well as Research Scientists,  help prepare and analyze complex healthcare datasets and contribute to the preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, technical memos, and other materials for internal and external stakeholders. This is a hands-on role requiring technical rigor, independent execution, and a strong sense of mission.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, clean, merge, and manage healthcare datasets from a variety of sources, including patient-level EHR data, accreditation and certification records, and administrative claims (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid).
• Extract and manipulate data from relational databases using SQL and/or other tools available.
• Conduct statistical analyses using established and novel methods under the direction of research leadership; contribute to reproducible and well-documented analytic workflows.
• Use statistical programming languages (e.g., R, Stata, Python) to create summary statistics, data visualizations, and analytic tables for use in research analysis, internal strategy documents, policy briefs, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Maintain detailed documentation of data sources, definitions, programming steps, and quality checks to ensure transparency and reproducibility.
• Coordinate with research scientists and other stakeholders to ensure alignment of analytic deliverables with study objectives and timelines.
• Contribute to the preparation of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, technical memos, data briefs, and presentation materials for internal decision-making and external dissemination.
• Learn and apply new statistical and database extraction tools as required.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s  degree or equivalent training in a quantitative field such as biostatistics, economics, epidemiology, health services research, data science, or a related discipline.
• MInimum 2 years experience working with healthcare data in an applied research or evaluation setting.
• Fluency in statistical programming languages such as R, Stata, or Python, including the ability to independently clean, manipulate, and analyze large datasets.
• Proficiency in extracting and managing data from structured databases using SQL.
• Experience working with real-world healthcare data such as EHRs, claims, or quality reporting metrics.
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to reproducible, well-documented analytics.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, including the ability to collaborate across projects and adapt to evolving priorities.
• Commitment to Joint Commission’s mission to improve healthcare quality and safety.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting research using causal inference methods (e.g., difference-in-differences, instrumental variables).
• Experience contributing to or co-authoring peer-reviewed journal publications.
• Experience translating complex analytic findings for non-technical stakeholders.
• Prior work in a mission-driven organization or collaborative research environment.

We offer a comprehensive benefit package. For a complete overview of our benefits package, please visit our Joint Commission Career Page 

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