EHR Business Analyst

Varmoda are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support organizational Electronic Health Record (EHR) initiatives and enhancements. The Business Analyst will partner closely with the Project Manager and collaborate with clinical, operational, program, IT, data, compliance, and other stakeholders to identify, analyze, document, prioritize, and validate business and system requirements.

The role will focus heavily on requirements gathering, healthcare/EHR workflows, process mapping, stakeholder facilitation, UAT, reporting, and business process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, document, prioritize, and maintain business, clinical, operational, technical, data, and reporting requirements for EHR initiatives and enhancements.
• Translate stakeholder needs, workflows, challenges, and desired outcomes into clear, testable, and solution-neutral requirements.
• Distinguish true business and clinical requirements from existing system limitations, current processes, individual preferences, and assumptions about specific technology solutions.
• Analyze requirements across programs and stakeholder groups to identify:

  • Common requirements

  • Program-specific variations

  • Conflicting requirements

  • Dependencies

  • Opportunities for process standardization

• Facilitate stakeholder discussions to resolve conflicting requirements and document agreed-upon decisions and exceptions.
• Conduct structured requirements reviews to validate accuracy, completeness, clarity, priority, and alignment with intended workflows.
• Support EHR implementations and enhancements through:

  • Workflow validation

  • Test scenario development

  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

  • Defect and issue documentation

  • Readiness validation

• Document and assess current-state and future-state workflows to identify gaps, business impacts, dependencies, and process-improvement opportunities.
• Develop business analysis artifacts including:
  • Process maps
  • Business rules
  • Use cases
  • Requirements matrices
  • Gap analyses
  • Workflow documentation
  • SOP documentation
• Partner with the Project Manager to coordinate business analysis activities, stakeholder engagement, requirements reviews, testing, and deliverables.
• Communicate requirements status, risks, issues, dependencies, and unresolved decisions.
• Provide business analysis support across multiple concurrent EHR initiatives, including new functionality, system enhancements, workflow changes, and patient-facing capabilities.
  
  Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Healthcare Administration, or a related discipline.
• 3–5+ years of professional Business Analyst experience.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Business analysis
  • Requirements elicitation and gathering
  • Requirements documentation and prioritization
  • Stakeholder requirements sessions
  • Process and workflow analysis

• Experience developing:

• Executive-level reports
• Process maps
• Workflow documentation
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Risk analyses

• Strong ability to work with business, clinical, operational, technical, data, and compliance stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within federal or state government, public health, healthcare, or similar service-oriented environments.
• Master's degree, preferably an MBA or MHA.

• Professional training or certification in one or more of the following:

• Lean Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Business Analysis
• Experience supporting EHR implementations or enhancements.
• Experience with clinical workflows, healthcare business processes, UAT, requirements traceability, and process improvement.

Certifications & Clearance

Preferred Certifications/Training:

• Business Analysis certification
• Project Management certification
• Change Management certification
• Related professional credentials