Portfolio Ideas for Healthcare Data Analysts that will LAND YOU A JOB!

[@donfharis2582]

As an aspiring healthcare data analyst, I found this video to be very informative. Thank you for this, and keep up the good work!

[@DataWizardry]

Glad you liked the video, more to come!

[@tragosdelimon]

Thank you for making these types of videos, Josh! I'm a mexican MD trying to transition into healthcare analytics and your videos are one of the very few places where I can get information related to the field.

[@DataWizardry]

Welcome to the channel! I'm glad your finding my videos useful!

[@thepatsyfamily]

Thank you for this video. Can't wait to jump into the links. Appreciate you, Josh!

[@DataWizardry]

Have fun!

[@rudolphmensah8402]

This was perfect for me, as a Healthcare Data Analyst.

[@amphoteric]

thank you so much for this! your channel has been really informative as i currently work in public health and hope to move into a healthcare data analyst role in the next few years

[@shawnvanderputten7151]

Nicely done, Josh!

[@DataWizardry]

Thanks Shawn!

[@Owlcrafter]

Have a upcoming internship, applied to a couple and a landed one in the healthcare industry, I have no domain knowledge but hopeful that I can learn through experience.

[@neel9913]

Did you have any projects on your portfolio for that?

[@robertwest8645]

Thank you Josh!

[@RonaldvanderPutten]

Awesome Josh!

[@DataWizardry]

Thanks Ronald! Hope you're doing well!

[@RonaldvanderPutten]

@@DataWizardry Everything ok here... Hey, I am really impressed with your video's... You're a natural. Can't wait for you to add some AI topics.

[@SurrealDistortion]

Hi, can you create a detailed video on RWE claims database analysis?

[@jjk312]

Thank you very much Josh!

[@DataWizardry]

Sure thing!

[@forthdimension686]

I just got a job as a pharmacy data analyst. Im an 8 years experienced pharmacy technician (CPhT) w/ a BS in Health Information Management (HIM)

[@DataWizardry]

Congrats!

[@KonradOchwat]

Can you make a video on how you would make a project about equity to include in a portfolio?

[@DataWizardry]

Great idea! Yes, I'll try to do one of these soon.

[@amarikeo]

Hey josh, I came across your KZbin from a post you made in Reddit. You got a new subscriber here! So, I’m a beginner in data analytics and I’m working towards an entry level role. However, I’m kind of stuck. I wanted to get a professionals advice on how to think like an analyst? For example, im doing guided projects and they’re helpful and all but when I’m with my own dataset, I don’t know what to extract from the data. Could you give some advice on what to look for, what to extract, etc. from datasets? Or how I can improve my analytical thinking. I want to be able to apply my SQL skills along with critical-thinking/problem-solving skills. If you see this, I’d love to hear back from you. Thanks and keep up the helpful content!

[@DataWizardry]

Hi Amari, welcome to the channel! First, I would say that when you're starting out as a data analyst, this is a common barrier. And it's something that I struggled with too. But as you gain experience in your job, you gain that domain knowledge, and learn what works and what doesn't work. When I first started at a hospital, a C-suite person asked me to do an analysis on patient mortalities. I had no idea what I was doing; I only knew where to pull the data from. So in that case I just created a whole bunch of visualiztions in Tableau that sliced and diced the data in different ways. Like How many patients died over some span of time, or what would happen if I stratified death percentages over different service lines like Cardiac surgery, or neurosurgery. I showed it to him and he was like "Oh this is a good start. But it would be even better if we added X, Y and Z" And then we had an iterative process that eventually evolved into something that he could use. One thing you can also do is ask "what do you hope to get out of this data?", or "How will you be using this report?". Ask lots of clarifying questions. Asking those big questions often helps frame the problem a little bit and give you ideas on what you might explore. But it might feel like you're floundering a little bit at first, so just keep at it. Try to innovate and experiment. Get a mentor and see how they approach problems. And eventually their analytical methods will rub off on you too!

[@amarikeo]

@@DataWizardry this was super helpful! Thanks a lot!

[@DianaHanania-n2z]

thank you for the video! This is very informative and resourceful! What do you believe is a good informative project for free standing ERs? and Is there any public data for that?

[@guessthecode27]

Thank you so much

[@tamisunshine2312]

The projecy health wiz is the portfolio idea to create project for data analytic in Healthcare? I just came from your healthcare data analytic video and your video are very informative 👌🏾

[@DataWizardry]

Thanks! Yes, ProjectHealthViz is a project by Lindsay Betzendahl where you can get lots of different datasets to practice data viz in healthcare. Here is her website: vizzendata.com/projecthealthviz/

[@vikkynarepagul256]

I have one question that from where i can apply to healthcare data analyst position. As i also love the data

[@kuldeeppatil9680]

Thanks bro

[@favourben1427]

Thank youu

[@elizabethacosta-rayos6061]

Can a nurse with a BSN become a data analyst without going back to college?

[@DataWizardry]

Absolutely. As long as you have the tech skills and a portfolio.

[@AmandeepSingh-ip4oo]

I would like to know if we are required to have in depth knowledge of ICD 10/11 etc.

[@DataWizardry]

You dont need to have in depth knowledge about it. But it will help if you know what they are. And better yet, if you know how to use them to build queries in SQL, to wrangle patients into a report with certain diagnoses and conditions.

[@AmandeepSingh-ip4oo]

Thank you so much.

[@ThapeloMakgoa]

whats the difference between u and a Health Information Manager?

[@DataWizardry]

I'm not too familiar with health information management, but I would imagine that in that role, you would have some stewardship over the proper and secure storing of healthcare records which are highly confidential. Data analytics on the other hand, which is what I do, leverages that confidential information to build reports that help clinicians, administrators, researchers, etc. figure out how to improve patient safety, how to increase efficiencies in the hospital, etc.

[@P_Belle]

​@@DataWizardry- HIM is a business domain, interfacing heavily with Compliance and IT security.

[@datacraftss]

Here i am subscribing your channel i completed my b pharmacy and completing my data science course side by side

[@datacraftss]

And I also run an KZbin channel which name is medical wala so if you have any jobs recommendation so be in touch

[@datacraftss]

I will try to connect you on linked in

[@DataWizardry]

Hi Saurabh! Thanks for subscribing! That's awesome that you're studying data science, and that you know the pharmacy side of healthcare.

[@Kurtavlog]

Hi im a biomedical engineer wanna switch to healthcare data analyst. Im 33 now.... so confused wer to start and abt future. Pls help.

[@DataWizardry]

Sure, here's what I would do: 1. Learn SQL 2. Learn Tableau 3. Build a porfolio of 3 Tableau vizzes 4. Use LinkedIn to network with people that use data in healthcare I break down the process here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n57IaIJ4oaqFn68 For Step #1, learning SQL, I have a video about this where you can get started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5eXdHSrYrSqrK8 I also have a clinical analytics class that I am working on. You can sign up for updates here! datawizardry.academy/p/clinical_analytics_accelerator

[@Kurtavlog]

Thank u

[@ericaleverson9430]

Do you know where I can find Medicaid population health data in South Carolina that is open source?

[@DataWizardry]

Not sure, but if it was anywhere, it would probably be the cms data website, which is data.cms.gov

[@ericaleverson9430]

@@DataWizardry Thank you! I found some datasets on there.

[@simasima9754]

Can i become heathcare data analyst with associates degree?

[@DataWizardry]

I would say it depends on what the associates degree is in. If it's a clinically-focused associate's degree, then it should be feasible. Otherwise, it's not impossible, but tricky. Becoming a data analyst becomes a lot easier if you have a Bachelor's degree.

[@stevenkazadi5907]

Wow this is a perfect guide. I have personalised questions for you on LinkedIn which I think you can advice on. When you have time please connect I sent an invitation already