Vice President - Anonymous employee Health Catalyst Employee Review

5.0
Aug 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It has been very rewarding to be a part of this company. Our position in the market is set. Our products and services are amongst the best in the industry and given the overwhelming need and push for deep and meaningful analytics throughout healthcare, Health Catalyst has uniquely and effectively matured to meet and exceed an organizations analytical needs. The incredible success of each and every Health Catalyst client not only demonstrates, but acts as a testament that our unique philosophies, methodologies and approach to analytics and care improvement works. We are indeed Transforming Healthcare on client at time...

Cons

There is never a lack of things to do or work on - but that's really more of another "Pros"...

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Health Catalyst Response
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I completely agree with your first comment. I have been involved with Health Catalyst for over four years at this point, and in my 20+ year career I haven't worked for a more rewarding company in a more rewarding industry. What we are trying to accomplish deeply matters in the lives of our constituents, because at the end of the day, what we are talking about is improving quality of life for many, many people through better healthcare. Some of these people that we are helping I know and love personally, which makes this a deeply personal mission. It is that mission-driven aspect that gets me up every morning, and drives me to make the rest of your glowing comments more true every day. Make no mistake, its hard! What we are trying to do here is hard, and we as a collective team can only do so much, and we make mistakes, like all people do. What I like is that we are cultivating a culture here at Catalyst that can look past our mistakes and learn from them, and hopefully improve tomorrow over today. For anyone considering a potential move to Health Catalyst, know that we have problems, growing pains, market challenges, etc. like anyone (and everyone) else. But as the team member here points out, it is very rewarding to be a part of this company. Thanks for all you do every day!

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