Title: EMR Business Analyst (Temporary)
Hiring Manager: Julie Jensen (Rockefeller
Implementation Oversight) and Cheryl Amoroso (Rockefeller Co-PI)
Location: Kigali, Rwanda (seconded to the
Rwandan Ministry of Health EMR Development Team)
Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (“PIH”), co-founded by Paul Farmer and
Ophelia Dahl and headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized
non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for
the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy and
research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to
those most in need and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH has major
programs in Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi,
Burundi, Kazakhstan, the Dominican Republic, and Boston, working tirelessly to
lessen the joint burden of disease and poverty.
PIH began working in Rwanda in 2005, where today we serve a
catchment area of 800,000 through 37 health centers and three hospitals with
our sister organization, Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB). Taking the lessons learned
and expertise honed in Haiti, our efforts in Rwanda have achieved rapid
success, gaining the attention of both the highest levels of the Government of
Rwanda and the international community. Through partnership with the Ministry
of Health in our efforts, we have already helped to strengthen the public
health system in the areas we serve and are helping the government develop
plans to replicate elements of our model throughout the country.
In Rwanda, electronic medical records (EMR) make a major
contribution to PIH/IMB’s efforts to strengthen the national and local
healthcare systems. PIH and its partners pioneered the development of
OpenMRS, an open source electronic medical record system which is currently
being implemented nationally by the Rwandan Government. PIH/IMB and MOH
development teams develop and support the electronic medical record system in
use in over 250 health centers, with patient records supporting care for HIV,
TB, non-communicable disease, primary care, antenatal care, and oncology.
General Responsibilities:
This position is seconded to the Rwandan Ministry of Health
(EMR) development team. As part of the EMR team, the business analyst is
responsible for analyzing the information needs of various health facility and
MOH stakeholders, translating those needs into information system workflows,
and documenting the system requirements for ongoing EMR software development.
A key component of this position will be to provide capacity building in
business analysis for a member of the MOH development team.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Work
closely with health facility clinicians and administrators, program
managers, and other stakeholders to identify and gather requirements for
data collection, reporting, and use
- Document
system and functional requirements for the EMR and create specifications
to guide OpenMRS software development
- Identify,
analyze, and document clinical and administrative workflows within health
facilities and ensure system development supports and enhances workflows
- Support
activities around use case development, test case planning, and execution
of testing
- Work
closely with OpenMRS developers to ensure system and business requirements
are clearly documented and understood during the design, development,
testing and deployment phases of a project
- Provide
mentoring and capacity building related to business analysis to a
designated member of the MOH team
Qualifications:
- 3-5
years of work experience in business analysis including some experience in
a health care setting
- Bachelor’s
degree in information systems, medical informatics, or a related field
- Solid
understanding of all aspects of the software application development life
cycle and release process
- Experience
with OpenMRS and medical practice management would be asset
- Well-developed
analytical skills and written and oral communication skills
- Highly
organized and detail-oriented
- Collaborative
problem-solver, willing to take individual responsibility as well as
comfortable in a team environment
- Able
to work effectively with people from a variety of educational,
professional, and cultural backgrounds
- Strong
interest in social justice, healthcare, and international development
- Comfortable
living in resource-poor settings
- French
and/or Kinyarwanda language skills an asset
