Clinical Data Abstractor
Job Summary
The Senior Clinical Data Specialist categorizes, codes, and interprets complex patient medical records for hospital partners. This role focuses on maintaining high data accuracy within registry systems while meeting tight deadlines. Candidates must be skilled in navigating electronic medical records and registry entry tools.
Responsibilities
- Categorize, code, and summarize patient medical records
- Ensure high-accuracy data submission in registries
- Manage multiple concurrent project deadlines
- Maintain compliance with regulatory data requirements
Required Skills
- 1+ year Chest Pain/MI registry experience
- Proficiency in EMR systems and MS Excel
- Strong analytical and critical thinking
- Data accuracy and attention to detail
Job Details
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Apply specialized clinical knowledge to categorize, code, summarize, interpret, and calculate registry/case information from patient medical records.
- Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
- Prioritize, organize, and meet tight deadlines for multiple concurrent tasks and team requests.
- Navigate electronic medical records (EMR) and registry/case entry tools while troubleshooting technical issues.
- Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, and abstraction guidelines.
- Maintain updated knowledge on mandated regulatory and publicly reported data requirements.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Exposure to multiple patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.
- Intermediate proficiency with MS Office (Microsoft Excel).
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills for systematic problem solving.
- High standards for accuracy and attention to detail.
- Technical savvy with a desire to learn new systems.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple accounts simultaneously.
- Strong self-organization and time management skills.
- Maintaining high security and confidentiality of PHI.
Education and Experience:
- Must have at least 1 year of Chest Pain/MI (NCDR/ACC) registry abstraction experience.
- Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.