Senior Business Analyst

• Jan 2014 - Present

Utah CAHPS Surveys Project Manager – Oversee the yearly national CAHPS surveys in Utah, including the adult, child, dental, and home health care of the survey, including designing, testing, and fielding state-added questions in addition to standard national survey. Work closely with vendor in adherence to sampling and administration standards; work closely with Utah health plans, create SAS data sets of resulting data; analyze and report data. Utah Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Representative (May 2015-present). https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/. Contribute statewide inpatient and emergency department discharge data on a yearly basis. Utah My Own Network, Powered by AHRQ (MONAHRQ) Project Manager (January 2013-present). http://stats.health.utah.gov/reports/monahrq/index.html#/consumer/. Manage and adapt a desktop software tool that enables Utah to generate a health care reporting website. Use SQL and SAS to create inpatient and emergency facility encounter data sets to be read into the software to create the dynamic website.

Senior Surveys Analyst

• Dec 2004 - Dec 2013

Continuation of analysis and reporting duties listed below in the description of Utah Health Status Survey Manager. Analysis of BRFSS data.IBIS Survey’s Manager. Responsible for content, coding, and all functionality of all Health Survey data bases on http://ibis.health.utah.gov/query/Index.html.

Utah Health Status Survey Manager

• Oct 2000 - Nov 2004

Developed the 2001, 2003 and 2004 survey instruments with the Department of Health staff, including a new section to properly identify insurance coverage in Utah. These numbers were used directly by the Governor of Utah.Was part of a the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, Division of Health Services Research and Policy’s group of invited state health policy analysts which discussed strategies used to collect quantitative data on the number and characteristics on uninsured individuals at the state and sub-state (e.g., region, county) levels. Maintained immediate and long-term sampling plan for the 2001, 2003 and 2004 HSS. Co-Chaired Health Survey Advisory Committee, 2001-2004. Managed data collection for the 2001, 2003 and 2004 Health Status Surveys. Supported use of HSS data by placing HSS data on IBIS as queriable data. Continually assessed data quality, testing data every two weeks during collection. Conducted analyses and prepared reports based on the collected 2001, 2003 and 2004 Health Status Survey data. Created SAS programs to structure, weight, and format HSS 2001, 2003 and 2004 data. Worked with staff of the OPHA, representatives of UDOH programs, and external users of HSS data such as local health department staff, to develop and maintain an analysis and reporting plan for HSS, including schedule of reports and analyses, and plan for disseminating results/reports. Conducted analyses of HSS data and prepared reports according to analysis/reporting plan. Conducted ad hoc analyses and prepared results as requested to meet needs of Department staff and others. Acted as steward of all HSS data. Maintained a system of data files containing results of HSS surveys, including documented data files, program shells for analysis, and database users manual.Supervised Research Analyst IV

Board of Directors, Patient Advocate

• Jan 2019 - Present

Serve on the Board of Directors of the American Migraine Foundation as an elected patient advocate. With a background in environmental psychology and over 20 years of experience as a research consultant and analyst of health data, Kimberly looks forward to assisting the American Migraine Foundation in its goals to improve the lives of those living with the daily uncertainty of the debilitating effects of this invisible disease. https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/ Serve on the Board of Directors of the American Migraine Foundation as an elected patient advocate. With a background in environmental psychology and over 20 years of experience as a research consultant and analyst of health data, Kimberly looks forward to assisting the American Migraine Foundation in its goals to improve the lives of those living with the daily uncertainty of the debilitating effects of this invisible disease. https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/

Operations Manager, Patient Perceptions of Quality

• Oct 1997 - May 2000

Responsible for all aspects of data collection, management, warehousing, analysis and reporting for a large, system wide survey of Intermountain Healthcare customers which contained over 20 databases. Oversaw CATI projects with survey vendors and managed in-house monitoring personnel. Designed research projects and formulated policy papers. Responsible for all aspects of data collection, management, warehousing, analysis and reporting for a large, system wide survey of Intermountain Healthcare customers which contained over 20 databases. Oversaw CATI projects with survey vendors and managed in-house monitoring personnel. Designed research projects and formulated policy papers.

Graduate student, Family and Consumer Studies

• 1995 - 1997