CathPCI Data Abstractor
Job Summary
The Senior Clinical Data Specialist is responsible for delivering high-quality clinical data solutions to hospital partners. This role involves categorizing, coding, and interpreting nuanced patient medical records to ensure accurate submission to registries. The position requires precise attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks within tight deadlines.
Responsibilities
- Categorize and code complex patient medical records
- Ensure high-accuracy data submission to registries
- Manage multiple accounts and concurrent deadlines
- Troubleshoot technical issues in EMR and entry systems
- Stay updated on regulatory and agency data requirements
Required Skills
- 1+ year CathPCI Registry (NCDR/ACC) experience
- Proficiency in EMR systems and clinical databases
- Intermediate MS Excel skills
- Strong analytical and critical thinking
- Strict adherence to PHI security and confidentiality
Job Details
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Apply specialized, clinical knowledge of hospital partners: categorize, code, summarize, interpret and calculate registry/case information from nuanced, patient medical records.
- Ensure quality submission of all data in specified registries or measure data repositories, maintaining a high accuracy threshold.
- Prioritize, organize, and meet tight deadlines for multiple concurrent tasks and team requests; use tact and judgment to manage expectations, flag obstacles, and propose solutions in a timely manner.
- Navigate new technical systems: electronic medical records (EMR) and registry/case entry tools; use team resources to troubleshoot technical issues with systems and applications with a focus on solutions.
- Contribute to team best practices, data dictionaries, abstraction guidelines, and other business rule documents; identify process improvement opportunities to help streamline tasks and processes.
- Keeps up to date on mandated regulatory/publicly reported data requirements as specified by federal, state, payer, and other agencies.
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 to approach problems in a systematic method.
- Demonstrates high standards for accuracy and attention to detail.
- Demonstrates technical savvy and strong desire to learn new systems and technology.
- Thrives working independently and takes ownership of projects/patient records.
- Consistently and clearly communicates, adjusting style and tone as needed.
- Demonstrates strong self-organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to adapt to changes in timelines, requirements, and project assignments.
- Maintains a high degree of responsibility in keeping PHI secure and confidential.
Education and Experience:
- Must have at least 1 year of CathPCI Registry (NCDR/ACC) abstraction experience.
- Exposure to patient medical record systems (EMRs) and clinical databases.