Allie Levesque Kinslow

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I work as a Healthcare Data Analyst at the High Value Healthcare Collaborative (HVHC). As an analyst, I use SAS and work with several forms of healthcare data including administrative claims, lab, pharmacy, EMR, survey and patient-entered information. I am responsible for completing analyses that examine clinical and financial outcomes, such as episode costs, mortality rates, inpatient length of stay, etc. HVHC work is focused around various chronic and surgical conditions, and I primarily work on Sepsis-related projects. The overall goal is to better understand best medical practices that result in the best outcomes and share this information with other hospitals within the collaborative as they transition to deliver value-based care.

My mathematics education at Saint Michael’s has certainly helped me get to where I am today. At Saint Michael’s, we were required to take certain math courses as part of the degree requirements but were also given some flexibility in exploring topics of interest in math. This mix provides a good foundation for everyone but also leaves room for students to discover what part of math is most fascinating to them as individuals. I first became interested in statistics at St. Michael’s which led me to a Master’s degree in Statistics and then a career in data and statistical analysis. The math education at Saint Michael’s has not only helped me in my career path; it has allowed me to solve problems and think critically outside of work and the classroom. I have also taken away with me a set of tools and skills that allow me to learn on my own and think for myself – important for anywhere life may take me.