Application Analyst I - Hospital Billing​/Professional Billing

the university of connecticut health center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an eeo and m/f/v/pwd/pv employer.

all employees are subject to adherence to the state code of ethics which may be found ics.state.ct.us .

excellence, teamwork, leadership, and innovation. These values define uconn health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add an application analyst i to our growing it clinical systems team. If you have a background in this field, we want to hear from you.

at uconn health, this classification participates in all aspects of planning, design, development and maintenance of new or existing functionality in electronic health records [ehr] and other clinical information systems for an assigned area. This includes providing analysis, development, modification, configuration, installation, programming, testing and maintenance of ehr and other clinical systems applications.

this is a hybrid position requiring on-site work one day per week and can require additional on-site work as assigned. Subject to change per management.

works under the general direction of an employee of higher grade.

• participates in project planning sessions with team members to analyze requirements and provide design recommendations for moderate to complex solutions
• prepares and presents status updates for various projects
• monitors project status to ensure that service level agreements standards are met or exceeded
• maintains and manages project issue log
• escalates problems when appropriate
• maintains relationship and open communication channels with clinical systems vendor representatives

• identifies solutions for moderately complex system requirements
• performs in-depth analysis of workflows, data collection, reports details and other technical issues associated with the clinical systems environment
• analyzes and researches enhancements to system components or within the clinical systems ehr environment
• defines and designs scope for each project individually or in concert with team members ensuring that applications are integrated with other systems.
• makes moderately complex application design decisions in conformance with clinical and business operational policies and procedures
• develops detailed specifications for software parameters/functions and changes to new or modified applications.
• performs clinical systems installation/application upgrades, new structures or elements
• documents system changes and problem resolutions
• develops or modifies moderately complex clinical systems ehr customizations, configurations and workflows
• performs clinical systems ehr application upgrades, new structures or elements
• creates test files and performs system testing
• provides ongoing maintenance and tests [this includes audit trial monitoring, backups, system purges] to ensure clinical systems ehr solutions meet the organization's business needs
• provides support to end users experiencing problems with clinical systems ehr applications and associated hardware and interfacing systems
• ensures the ethical use of data, as well as data integrity, security and confidentiality of protected health information.
• provides for the preparation and maintenance of documentation at the user levels.
• monitors clinical operational issues focusing on efficient and effective delivery of complete and accurate, for the assigned areas and specialties of the clinical systems ehr information in order to achieve quality outcomes.
• coordinates training for staff on the use of the applications.
• stays current on the clinical systems ehr platform and related advanced features of software development technologies
• stays current on clinical practices, policies, procedures and workflows within the area of expertise.
• performs other related duties as required.

• considerable knowledge of the principles of systems analysis, design and decision support
• considerable knowledge of clinical operations, policies and procedures
• considerable knowledge of applicable clinical standard of…