Tracy Haidar

Background

About Tracy Haidar

I am a seasoned professional with a dual clinical/analytics background and a strong interest in healthcare quality improvement. I am passionate about using health information technology to transform healthcare quality, delivery, outcomes, equity, and affordability within health systems and communities. Highlights of my Skills/Experience: Six years of experience in Medicare claims analysis using SQL and SAS Using Electronic Health Care (EHR) acute and critical care ”big data” for dozens of internal, academic, and pharma-funded quality improvement and research projects: • Designing and testing transactional databases, ETL processes, data warehouse, data marts, and reports • Gathering complex clinical data and reporting requirements and translating these into detailed written technical specifications or data analysis plans • Transforming raw EHR-derived data into clinically and statistically meaningful analytic data sets (1) Extracting raw data from source system(s) and merging with external data as needed (2) Evaluating data quality; performing data cleansing/scrubbing as needed (3) Extensive data manipulation using advanced SQL queries and/or SAS to transform raw data into analysis- or report- ready data sets or database tables • Descriptive statistical analyses in Excel, SAS, and other tools • Business Intelligence (Business Objects) universe/report design and testing Other Strengths: • Understanding of clinical/administrative data; intuitive feel for when data/results make sense from a clinical and financial perspective vs. when investigation of data quality is warranted. • Communicate effectively with both clinical and technical team members, helping translate clinical data/reporting requirements into detailed technical specifications. Education/Licensure Highlights: Pharm.D; Masters in Information Systems; Registered Pharmacist in MD & PA