Medical Informaticist Job in Denver 80202, Colorado Us

Medical Informaticist 

Denver, CO 

The Medical Informaticist is a newly formed position that will spearhead HealthGrades’ consumer-centric data set mapping and translation initiatives. HealthGrades is a fast-paced, innovative environment where the Medical Informaticist will be expected to juggle multiple priorities, shift between strategic and tactical thinking quickly, lead cross-functional teams and dig in as an individual contributor when needed. The Informaticist will be a highly visible position within the company and the successful candidate will be comfortable presenting and interacting will senior and executive management on a regular basis.       

Responsibilities include:

• Significantly advancing the HealthGrades.com and BetterMedicine.com websites toward a “consumer-centric” controlled vocabulary 

• Working closely with the editorial, data management and product teams to define HealthGrades’ standard taxonomy, hierarchy and ontology

• Identifying and prioritizing terminology modeling and mapping projects based on business objectives

• Operating advanced terminology development tools that HealthGrades either builds or licenses

• Auditing, cataloging and bridging 100+ disparate data/ content sets of condition, symptom, procedure, provider, specialty, facility, and statistical information

• Defining the strategic roadmap that aligns consumer/business value with timeline to execute

• Developing and presenting reports that monitor content mapping progress, integrity and compliance

• Supporting new product development initiatives through defining and executing appropriate data mapping and translations 

• Guiding and overseeing data mapping work executed by HealthGrades partners and third parties

• Providing Quality Assurance (QA) support for new product development that utilize defined 

• Directly sourcing and managing independent contractors, as needed, to execute content/data mapping, standardization or mapping projects

• Managing a constantly evolving data/content library to ensure the best possible consumer experience

• Making recommendations in partnership with the data, product and editorial teams to license or develop new data/content sets 

Skills, experience required:

• 5 or more years as a Medical Informaticist for consumer-oriented health publications, consumer website experience a plus

• MD, RN, PA or PharmD preferred  

• Direct experience bringing disparate data/content sets into a standardized taxonomy 

• Familiarity with integrating data/content based on ICD9/10 Codes, MeSH, SNOMED and DART

• Ability to articulate and present complex relationships to audiences without data, technical or medical backgrounds

• Proven track record of managing multiple high priorities simultaneously

• This is an on-site assignment.  Relocation assistance is not available.

Please visit http://healthgrades.iapplicants.com  to fill out an application and submit a resume, or resumes can also be submitted by, 

Mail: HealthGrades

Attn: Human Resources- Medical Informaticist

999 18th Street, Suite 600

Denver, CO  80202

Fax:     303-716-6608

No phone calls.

Health Grades, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, or any other class protected by applicable law.