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May 15, 2008
Analytic Associate
Locations: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Evanston, Illinois; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Sacramento, California, USA
Full Time position
The Thomson Corporation is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The Thomson Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Thomson Healthcare is the leading provider of decision support solutions that help organizations across the healthcare industry improve clinical and business performance. Thomson Healthcare products and services help professionals and stakeholders understand healthcare markets, access medical and drug information, manage costs, and improve the quality of healthcare.
Thomson Healthcare continually seeks associate to consultant level Analytic professionals to join our team.
ANALYTIC ASSOCIATE
Position Summary: Provide basic analytic, data management and client support as part of team that delivers healthcare information and consulting services to large payer clients.
Responsibilities:
- Works closely with the consultant and the Thomson Healthcare client team to identify and understand clients’ healthcare information needs. * Executes analytic methodologies and recommendations to support client actions and decision-making.
- Develops layouts and performs data investigation on raw data.
- Assists with the development and documentation of database design, specifications, and analytical results, and with the presentation of these elements to clients.
- Supports other team members with database construction and/or analytic activities, including assisting with the development of test plans and data quality problem resolution strategies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree requiring strong quantitative skills.
- 1-2 years healthcare industry and/or quantitative work experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate with individuals at various levels within the organization and with external clients.
- Good presentation, questioning and listening skills.
- Time management skills for managing multiple tasks simultaneously, while completing work within allocated time frames.
- Applies intermediate PC skills; experienced in Microsoft Office applications (Excel and Word).
Visit http://www.thomsoncareers.com/ and reference requisition PRO00000322
Our employees embrace a number of commonly shared values - collaboration, accountability, customer focus, a bias toward action and results, appreciation and respect for diversity, entrepreneurial spirit and, at all times, the highest ethical standards. These values represent the behavior each employee is expected to exhibit in their role. In our view, fostering a culture that embodies these values will lead to success and growth for our employees and our business.??The Thomson Corporation is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Thomson Healthcare
777 E. Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Contact: Miriam Berger
Please Submit resumes to: Miriam.berger@contractor.thomson.com
For more information visit: http://www.thomsoncareers.com/
Health Economist (08-105HCS): Center for Health Programs, Management Sciences for Health
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
MSH BAND: 6
Reports To: Planning and Programming Department, Ministry of Health and MSH/HCSP Senior Contracts Manager
Overall Resposibilities
Design and develop the Ethiopia Ministry of Health’s Performance Based Financing (PBF) program. In particular, oversee the collection and analysis of existing PBF information in Ethiopia and prepare required documents. Participate in PBF meetings with Ethiopian government officials at all levels and other stakeholders. The Health Economist will work directly under the supervision of the MOH Planning and Programming Department with indirect input from the MSH/HCSP Senior Contracts Manager. He or she will work closely with other members of the HIV/AIDS Care and Support Project (HCSP) team.
Specific Responsibilities
- Conduct and review an in-depth assessment of the Ethiopia national health policy, health sector programs and legal framework for PBF
- Develop the public sector PBF strategy, implementation plan, monitoring and evaluation plan and quality control mechanisms
- Through his or her existing international network, contacts and knowledge of existing PBF systems identify best practices on PBF implementation in other countries.
- Design and develop the sector-wide PBF guidelines and implementation tools for Ethiopia taking into consideration the Ethiopia health sector and related policies, strategies, guidelines and the legal and political infrastructure including as follows:
- Mechanisms for determining performance outputs and associated unit cost to achieve the required output
- Mechanisms for assisting emerging regions to benefit from the PBF system
- Modalities for verifying performance (independent assessments, on-site inspections, client satisfaction surveys and compliant reporting, etc.
- Incentive mechanisms including (including performance improvement plans and motivation for employees)
- Define the scope of PBF: define the level of health and other administrative bodies (Federal, Region, Woreda) and entities (health facilities, health offices, administrative offices, financiers, communities, and other relevant bodies) to be included in the PBF, and the resources in which PBF would be applied.
- Clearly state the institutional setup/arrangement of the PBF and the role of each entity regarding the major task of resource mobilization, advocacy, development of business plans, contracting, fund disbursements, monitoring, and assuring quality, etc., as well as the link among these entities.
- Develop mechanisms of implementation:
- Mechanisms for determining performance outputs and associated unit cost to achieve the required output
- Mechanisms for assisting emerging regions to benefit from the PBF system
- Modalities for verifying performance (independent assessments, on-site inspections, client satisfaction surveys and compliant reporting, etc.
- Incentive mechanisms including (including performance improvement plans and motivation for employees)
- Develop various implementation and verification tools to be utilized in the PBF to include model business plans at different health facility levels, model contact agreement formats, reporting formats and others.
- Analyze the implications of the proposed mechanism from the legal, economic, and quality standpoints and evaluate its affordability and feasibility.
- Quantify cost implications (administrative and other costs) of implementing the proposed PBF.
- Present the report on consultation workshops to relevant stakeholders in consultation with PPD and the Advisory Committee.
- Plan and conduct field visits to selected regions: conduct interviews and site visits.
- Design, develop and deliver short, regional workshops and a three-day national workshop.
- Conduct pilot testing to gather lessons of experience for scale up.
- Write the final report and include a draft public sector PBF design
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Masters in Public Health (MPH). Specialty in health care finance or health care economics highly preferred
- Minimum of five years work professional experience following MPH
- Field experience with PBF in developing countries under resource constrained public health care delivery system preferred.
- Knowledge of the Ethiopian health care system desired.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to interact professionally with a culturally diverse staff, clients and consultants.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality.
- Experience with programs supported by bilateral agencies such as USAID, particularly those related to infectious disease programs such HIV/AIDS a plus.
- Proficiency in English required; knowledge of Amharic preferred
- Demonstrated intermediate computer skills in Microsoft suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Ability and willingness to travel within Ethiopia as required.
Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental handicap, or status as a disabled or Vietnam Era veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.
To apply for this position, please visit the Employment Opportunities section of our website at http://www.jobs-msh.icims.com/. If you cannot apply online or if you have difficulty doing so, please email an explanation of your problem to iRecruiterproblem@msh.org.
Post-Doctoral Fellowships (1 and 2 year): Health System Performance Research Network (HSPRN)
Location: Ontario, Canada
Closing date: 15 May 2008
The Health System Performance Research Network (HSPRN) is offering post doctoral fellowships to support research in the area of health system performance measurement.
The HSPRN is a group of university based researchers working on projects to identify, validate, implement and exploit performance information of value to the health system in the Province of Ontario, Canada. A limited number of one and two year fellowships in amounts of up to $60,000 per year are available beginning in the 2008 – 2009 academic year. Closing date for applications is May 15, 2008.
Further information and application forms are available at http://www.hsprn.ca/.