DATA INTEGRITY SPECIALIST

About the role

Resolves complex Data Integrity issues daily including merges, unmerges, unlinking external and internal care everywhere requests, misregistrations, requests for amendments and marking patients deceased in Epic. Handles all chart corrections in OnBase to ensure the accuracy of the scanned documents and doc types. The purpose of this role is to ensure the integrity of the medical record. Must work with extreme attention to detail in multiple computer applications.

Responsibilities

• Processes Patient Amendment Requests for health system with collaboration of healthcare providers
• Performs ongoing follow-up to ensure compliance with turnaround times
• Liaison with Patient Access, Ancillary Departments and providers on misregistrations
• Routinely communicates with patients, providers and leadership regarding chart corrections and amendments
• Uses the Identity Events Report to review merges and merge statuses
• Reviews demographic changes utilizing chart documentation, media, and multiple external databases
• Changes classification of merge pair to an NMR (Needs More Research) if applicable
• Uses Patient Contact Mover to transfer notes from one patient record to another
• Processes Mis-registrations
• Performs ongoing follow-up with clinician/administrative/office staff after misregistrations
• Performs unlinking via the Care Everywhere Portal based on internal processes (merges, unmerges, etc.) or external facility requests
• Monitors and finalizes all requests in the in basket for Chart Correction, Deceased patients, and various other requests
• Works Chart Correction for scanned documents in OnBase
• Corrects documents that need to be deleted, were assigned to the incorrect patient, were assigned to the incorrect encounter, or were indexed to the incorrect doc type

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in Health Information Management is required
• High School Diploma or Equivalent required