Joy Wang Email & Phone Number

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led the compilation and reporting of 35+ Health System Performance (HSP) indicators in Your Health System web tool and Health Indicators e-Publication tool, including developing and maintaining indicator definitions and supporting documentation, identifying appropriate internal/external data sources, and calculation and verification of the indicator data• Developed and executed the COVID-19 pandemic impact assessment plan for HSP indicators, and responsible for interpretation of trends… Show more • Led the compilation and reporting of 35+ Health System Performance (HSP) indicators in Your Health System web tool and Health Indicators e-Publication tool, including developing and maintaining indicator definitions and supporting documentation, identifying appropriate internal/external data sources, and calculation and verification of the indicator data• Developed and executed the COVID-19 pandemic impact assessment plan for HSP indicators, and responsible for interpretation of trends and performance reporting and provide timely and high quality of client support for COVID impact analysis. • Accountable for the compilation and release of annual production file (a flat file linking CIHI DAD, NACRS and OMHRS databases for patient linkage and episodes of care). This is the fundamental file for indicator production and research analysis • Responsible for the methodology document updates including general methodology, model specification documents, metadata, taxonomy, and indicator library• Led the stakeholder liaison, engagement, and client support activities, including technical/methodological inquiries from internal and external stakeholders at hospitals, regional authorities, and P/T ministries, and fulfilled aggregated and chart-level data requests and ad-hoc analyses to support special studies, liaise with key stakeholders to fully define data and analytical requirements• Led the design and implementation of one single comprehensive Data Preview file to accommodate all the stakeholder needs at various level. • Led the methodology harmonization of Stroke definition with Heart and Stroke Foundation and the alignment of Mental Illness Readmission methodology with Ontario Ministry of Health • Led a team of 7 senior analysts in transitioning SAS to python codes for health indicators to support indicator automation initiative • Acted as a subject matter expert of HSP indicators and coach the analytical team on the methodological and technical issues Show less

• Led data mining and model testing for 10 clinical indicators to Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP), and provided recommendation for selection of risk factors• Participated in Corporate Readmission project by comparing the feasibility of different risk-adjustment models• Have led the annual online release of DAD, NACRS and Childbirth Quick Stats with external release of highlight document. • Have led in the analysis and preparation of supporting documents for CAD update of… Show more • Led data mining and model testing for 10 clinical indicators to Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP), and provided recommendation for selection of risk factors• Participated in Corporate Readmission project by comparing the feasibility of different risk-adjustment models• Have led the annual online release of DAD, NACRS and Childbirth Quick Stats with external release of highlight document. • Have led in the analysis and preparation of supporting documents for CAD update of OECD health data questionnaire• Have led the external validation of Quick Stats indicator results with provincial, territorial and regional stakeholders o Developed protocols and checklists to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the validation processo Successfully sent out 70+ emails along with different materials for different level of stakeholders at one time (with attention to detail)o Independently responded various data requests and addressed questions from provincial and regional stakeholders• Independently replicated all the analysis on “Too Early, Too Small: A profile of Small Babies Across Canada” including regression modelling, and costing analysis (based on CIHI CMDB database) • Performed ad hoc data requests for different external stakeholders such as Ministry of Health, regional planners, various researchers and media• Took the lead role in disseminating findings from the small babies report at CIHI Internal Analyst Forum (Oral Presentation, Toronto, September 2009), Health Statistics Data Users Conference (Poster, Ottawa, September 2009) and Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centre Annual Meeting (Poster, Halifax, October 2009)• Facilitated CIHI education session for Epidemiology students (Master Level) at University of Toronto as well as CIHI internal training session for new analysts Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Winter practicum at Infectious Disease Surveillance Section, Public Health Surveillance• Worked on a project of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) specific to Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario• Extracted data from integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) using Cognos ReportNet (CRN) and, applied SPSS statistical software and Microsoft Access in performing advanced data analysis• Developed geographic information system knowledge by working with… Show more Winter practicum at Infectious Disease Surveillance Section, Public Health Surveillance• Worked on a project of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) specific to Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario• Extracted data from integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) using Cognos ReportNet (CRN) and, applied SPSS statistical software and Microsoft Access in performing advanced data analysis• Developed geographic information system knowledge by working with Geospatial Analyst in mapping patients’ postal codes to LHINs data• Developed and distributed weekly infectious disease surveillance reports to internal program areas. Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Independently developed Provincial Average Acute Length of Stay (LOS) Percentile Reports (CIHI for-fee report) using the CIHI Case Mix Grouping methodology (CMG+) • Provided support in several Analysis in Brief reports and other analytic documents by conducting literature review, performing necessary data analysis and validating results.• Assisted in preparing hospitalization statistics for DAD online • Developed extensive working knowledge of disease coding and classification… Show more • Independently developed Provincial Average Acute Length of Stay (LOS) Percentile Reports (CIHI for-fee report) using the CIHI Case Mix Grouping methodology (CMG+) • Provided support in several Analysis in Brief reports and other analytic documents by conducting literature review, performing necessary data analysis and validating results.• Assisted in preparing hospitalization statistics for DAD online • Developed extensive working knowledge of disease coding and classification standard (ICD-10-CA/CCI) and CIHI Case Mix Grouping (CMG+) Methodology Show less

Master Of Health Science, Community Health And Epidemiology

Bachelor Of Health Studies, Specialized Honors In Health Informatics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science