Outpatient Clinical Application Analyst

Operations & Strategy provides management and oversight for key administrative and technical services that enables CDHS to achieve their goals. It is responsible for a number of support functions to make our agency as efficient, effective and impactful as possible. Operations & Strategy comprises Human Resources;
Facilities Management;
Audit;
Business Innovation;
Technology and Security;
Emergency Management;
Legal;
Performance Management;
Communications;
Project Management; and Leadership & Organizational Development.

Please note:

These working arrangements are subject to change

Working as a member of the Health Information Technology (HIT) BEHR Team, this position provides critical conceptual information-management and technical and analytical support through the maintenance, design and enhancement of various patient and management data systems. Additional duties include:

• Develops, maintains and enhances the back end of our Electronic Health Record (EHR) for inpatient and outpatient departments for the office of civil and forensic mental health
• Develops legal status, data quality and ad-hoc management/analysis as needed.
• Completes system upgrades and provides system maintenance.
• Performs system analysis and design of reports, inquiries, and input screens as provided by the tools associated with BEHR and other software reporting applications; explores the use of new BEHR functionality for use by Hospital and outpatient staff; and, develops and executes routine and ad hoc reporting mechanisms necessary to meet Hospital business needs and requirements.
• Participates in Informatics Manager lead subject matter expert and user groups in order to gather and develop system specifications for modifications to BEHR. These duties are primarily focused on:
  • the Outpatient Program development within the Behavioral Electronic Health Record (BEHR) during its implementation, and
  • Supports the same duties after implementation.

Six (6) years of relevant experience in Data Analysis or other occupation related to the work assigned to this position

OR

A combination of a Bachelor's Degree in related field (e.g. Computer Information Systems, Math, Science, etc.) and/or relevant experience in occupation related to the work assigned equal to six (6) years.

• General Healthcare/EHR
  
  Experience:
  
  1 to 3 years working directly with EHR systems in their back end, medical record workflows, or clinical informatics.
• EHR System Expertise: Hands‑on experience with major EHR platforms (such as Epic, Cerner/Oracle Health, MEDITECH, or Athenahealth).
• Regulatory Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of HIPAA, HITECH, Release of Information (ROI) guidelines, and state/federal health data privacy regulations.
• Data Integrity & Workflows: Understanding of clinical documentation improvement (CDI), revenue cycle management (RCM), and data governance.
• Sequel and Python experience

• Standard background check and reference check required
• This position requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application (unless otherwise identified in the posting), and residency within the state throughout the duration of employment in this position.
• Travel in‑state will be required
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must:
  • Disclose that information on the application.
  • Explain why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify you from the current position.
  • Provide your employee number from your prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or…