Healthcare Quality Specialist Expert
You will create evaluation data for AI models used in healthcare quality and patient safety. The work starts with realistic event reports and continues through analysis and corrective action plans.
- Field
- Medicine & health
- Where
- United States, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia +89 more
- Hours
- up to 10/week
- Posted
- 4 days ago
How this pay compares
At $100/hr (the midpoint of $80 to $120), this role pays more than 55% of the 190 open medicine & health roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $96.
Among platforms with 10 or more priced medicine & health roles, Mercor has the highest median ($150/hr across 37 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($55/hr across 25).
OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 4 days ago.
Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.
What you would earn at this rate
Per week, before tax
$1,000
Per month, if the work is steady
$4,333
- Tax
- Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $1,096 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.
Assumes paid hours only; unpaid assessments, onboarding and gaps between projects lower the real figure. Full take-home calculator · Track what you actually earn
Open medicine & health roles on each platform
The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.
| Platform | Open | Median | Best-paid open role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercor | 40 | $150/hr | Cardiologist$350/hr |
| micro1 | 26 | $98/hr | Domain Researcher, Medical$400k-800k/yr |
| OpenTrain AIthis role | 103 | $98/hr | Anesthesiologists for AI Model Evaluation$300/hr |
| Alignerr | 25 | $55/hr | Clinical Business Intelligence Manager$40-80/hr |
| Handshake AI | 22 | up to $180/hr | Anesthesiologists AI TrainerUp to $300/hr |
“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.
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The work
You will create evaluation data for AI models used in healthcare quality and patient safety. The work starts with realistic event reports and continues through analysis and corrective action plans.
You will also write reference analyses and judge whether model responses are methodologically sound, regulatorily accurate, and focused on systemic causes. Your documentation should be clear and useful to other healthcare quality professionals.
- Create patient safety and healthcare quality scenarios.
- Write reference answers that explain the method behind each analysis.
- Evaluate model outputs for methodological rigor and regulatory accuracy.
- Identify responses that sound complete but miss the systemic cause.
- Document findings and improvement plans in clear professional English.
What it pays and takes
This is ongoing, fully remote project work for an independent contractor. The work is asynchronous, with a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week and flexibility to adjust your workload.
- Pay: $80 to $120 per hour, paid weekly through Stripe.
- Hours: At least 10 hours per week, with flexibility to scale up or down.
- Location: Open to candidates across the listed countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
- Language: Strong written English is required.
- Credentials: An RN or similar clinical license, or CPHQ certification.
- Experience: At least two years in healthcare quality, patient safety, or performance improvement.
- Knowledge: Practical experience with quality measures, root cause analysis, or accreditation readiness.
- Helpful background: CPHQ, CPPS, or Lean Six Sigma certification; Joint Commission, CMS, or state survey work; HEDIS; star ratings; or registry abstraction.
How it works
Apply on OpenTrain with your resume, then complete the application on the hiring site.
About AI training work
AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples and feedback. In this role, your healthcare quality expertise helps assess whether AI can reason accurately about patient safety, systemic causes, and improvement plans. OpenTrain helps people find AI training roles, build a profile, and apply in minutes.
From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI
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Create a profile
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- 2
Apply
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- 3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
- 4
First payment
OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.
Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts
Full OpenTrain AI profile: watch-outs and the public record →Pay history
OpenTrain AI has listed this role at $80-120/hr since Nov 10, 2026 with no change.
Across OpenTrain AI's medicine & health roles, the median listed pay was $85/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (41 roles) and is $98/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (102 roles).
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