29 May 4 Key Traits of a Successful Healthcare Analytics Executive
Healthcare analytics executives must deliver on a tremendous number of responsibilities, skills and competencies, and must possess significant experience and education. They fulfill jobs bearing job titles like VP of healthcare analytics, director of healthcare analytics, healthcare data analytics manager, director of data analytics, and more. These executives define the architecture and strategies that are the foundation of the business, so it’s critical to ensure they have all the qualifications, skills, and knowledge that your medical business needs.
It can be difficult to determine which candidate has the real talent and who is the most likely to be successful. You can streamline your search by focusing on four essential characteristics you should look for when you’re searching for the right candidate for your health care practice.
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Deep Technical Knowledge
Any healthcare analytics executive absolutely must know data inside and out. Good candidates will be able to execute statistical analysis, data processing, healthcare data analytics, and predictive modeling developments. Typically, this requires a Master’s degree in Outcome Research, Statistics/Bio-Statistics, Economics, Mathematics or other related field, as well as a minimum of 4 years experience in health care industry.
Your business information — otherwise known as big data — is the backbone of any hospital or health care practice, so knowing how to search for it, understand it, and make useful decisions based on it is the minimum baseline requirement. This includes databases and how to request information from them (via SQL), arranging that data in meaningful ways, and performing analysis that enables strategic decision-making. She also must be able to conceptualize appropriate and creative analytic strategies for complex issues, design flexible and reusable analytic tools and models. And it doesn’t end there. Your analytics executive must keep systems up to date and stay abreast of regulatory requirements.
Background in Clinical Data or Healthcare Industry
To be successful in these roles, a candidate must have a background in either clinical data or the healthcare industry. You need candidates who have the training and ability to examine data and understand what the clinical applications may be. Regardless of whether their background is in clinical care or in tech, these are the employees you can trust with business intelligence, predictive analysis, and process improvements.
Soft Skills to Create Consensus and Build Teams
Without the ability to communicate well, even the smartest and best-trained analyst won’t get far. An executive needs the skills to build a successful, proactive team and lead it to collaborate across departments. This is especially important in the healthcare industry because the departments function interdependently. Physicians, administrators, staff, analysts, and patients all contribute to the complex machinery of a health care practice. Your analytics executive needs to be able to nimbly multi-task, translate work products into meaningful guidance for clients, develop and deliver presentations, and write effectively.
Ability to Implement Data to Help Patients
When a candidate can successfully utilize data and apply it to real patients in real healthcare environments, you’ve got a winner. The ability to make thoughtful, patient-centered recommendations based on hard data is the most important trait an analytics executive can have.
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