Public Health Data Analyst III

Lantana Consulting Group, Inc. provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. We have established ourselves as a trusted leader in the industry with two decades of expertise in developing and deploying technical specifications and interoperability solutions. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care.

Primary purpose:

Provides consulting, analytics, testing, training, and development services to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Leverages advanced analytical skills and public-health knowledge to provide actionable insights for Lantana’s clients.

A successful candidate will do the following:

• Access and analyze complex data from various sources, manipulate datasets, and conduct statistical analyses
• Perform regular and complex quality checks on data and analytic deliverables
• Lead and own data cleaning and manipulation for tasks; implement automated solutions
• Conduct analyses in Python and/or R; interpret, summarize, and present findings to relevant stakeholders, including technical, clinical, and product teams
• Develop materials, review documentation, troubleshoot issues, and report results related to FHIR–EHR mapping, patient-identity matching, encounter reconciliation, and clinical-data standardization using HL7® FHIR® and other healthcare terminologies
• Collaborate to plan, develop, and implement projects and materials
• Communicate advanced analytic advice and statistical methodology to clients, management, and staff
• Analyze and understand client needs and translate them into formal requirements
• Provide results to the project team and clients both verbally and in writing, in technical language or plain language as appropriate for the audience
• Test applications and provide feedback to software developers and quality-assurance technicians
• Maintain expertise in public health and stay abreast of industry changes and trends
• Develop trainings, project updates, and presentations on NHSN’s work in antimicrobial use and resistance for clients, stakeholders, and partners