Need some analytic talent in your organization? Want to become a data guru in one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy? EMHA’s Health Administration Blog interviews Younes Injar, MHA Class of 2010, Data Consultant for Membership, Market and Sales Analytics (MMSA) at Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc. regarding healthcare careers in market analysis.
EMHA Blog: Why did you choose Kaiser Permanente? What role do you play at Kaiser Permanente?
Younes Injar, MHA: Kaiser Permanente is known in the industry as a high performing benchmark. Kaiser consistently rates high in areas such as quality, member and customer satisfaction, innovation, technology, and efficiency. Kaiser Permanente has also been on several “Best Places to Work” lists and continues to attract and retain top talent, on both the Medical Group and Health Plan sides. I chose Kaiser Permanente, not only because it is a recognized leading health plan, but its corporate culture inspires continual growth and innovation. My role as a Data Consultant is to provide analytic support for developing new market strategies to grow Kaiser Permanente’s membership in the new ACA environment.
EMHA Blog: How would you describe a typical day at work?
Younes Injar, MHA: I have three specific perspectives I take into account on a day-to-day basis.
1. Client Focus – My daily job involves providing standard reports and services on time and accurately. I also proactively look for opportunities to innovate both individually and as a team, as Kaiser Permanente is always evolving and changing. In recent years, the healthcare industry has seen a lot of change, and Kaiser Permanente has been at the forefront. Kaiser Permanente is an organization that never stops evolving.
2. National Perspective – My team approaches its work with a national perspective. Our goal is to establish standards and consistency in partnership with functional colleagues in California and our five regions (Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Mid-Atlantic, and Northwest).
3. Extending Impact – In additional to analytics, I take on projects that extend our reach to new markets and new technologies, which allows us to capture, store, retrieve, analyze and save data in ways to potentially gain new insights and new ways of doing business.
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