Margaret M. Knutson

Jordan, MN ***** 612-***-****

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Healthcare Data Analyst

Validate and Visualize Data to Increase Organizational Productivity

Collaborative problem solver, with expertise in quality metrics, analytics, data analysis, benchmark research, and facilitation, who guides business reporting. Function well under pressure, adapting to conflicting priorities and deadlines, proactively identifying opportunities, and driving continuous process improvement. Manage large datasets and multiple data initiatives leading to clear actionable results. Enthusiastic team member with remote work experience.

Metric Development

Report Requirements and Design

Subject Matter Expert / Data Steward

Clinical Scorecards

Performance Dashboards

Workflow Analysis

Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge

Data Management

Professional Experience

ST. FRANCIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Shakopee, MN

Data Analyst 2008 to Present

Lead quality, safety, and regulatory data management program as member of Quality and Safety team. Collaborate with leaders in team building, metric understanding, and analysis to support strategic outcomes. Interpret data sets to optimize facility’s workflow and organizational practices.

Created, maintained, and improved new and existing reporting solutions to meet regulatory requirements, resulting in positive outcomes for 5 hospital credentialing surveys.

Participated in multiple quality improvement teams, supporting refinements in workflow by identifying data elements and metrics, facilitating teams’ specific goal achievements.

Designed compliance reporting tools for contract incentives metrics by validating data, enabling decisions on correct compensation for provider groups.

Liaised with leadership and Analytic Support to develop report / dashboard for site and system initiatives, ensuring accurate data reporting by documented report specifications, metrics, data sources, deadlines, and validation.

Served as data steward / Subject Matter Expert on analytic platforms, displaying clinical / patient outcomes, creating meaningful data metrics, allowing benchmarking by specific site or system.

Used high reliability organization (HRO) tools to create verbal and written communications, clarifying specific identified problem, background, assessment, and recommendation.

Met deadlines in submitting data for Leapfrog Hospital Survey, made available for public reporting.

Identified data sources using Electronic Health Record (EHR) flowsheet rows, billing codes, diagnosis codes for patient outcome metrics, documenting provider compliance for performance evaluation.

Served as technical expert and provided advice, training, and project work direction by assisting department leaders with upgrade to M365 office products.

Interacted with physicians, leadership, and company-wide groups to provide data and analytical support for medical operations by responding to ad hoc data requested.

Additional Relevant Experience

FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES, Minneapolis, MN

Data Analyst / Data Analyst Coordinator

FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES, Minneapolis, MN

Coordinator of Support Systems

FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES, Minneapolis, MN

Data Analyst

Education

Bachelor of Science, Public Recreation, Athletic Training, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

Licenses and Certification

Certificate, Computer Programming, Brown Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Certificate, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety

Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) – Retired;

Software Skills

REPORTING TOOLS: Epic Workbench, Slicer / Dicer; QlikView, Riskonnect, Vizient, NRC Consumer Experience, My Rounding

MICROSOFT: SQL Server, Excel, Power Query, Power BI, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Forms, Worklists, Visio, One Note

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