QUALITY DATA ABSTRACTOR-RN

110 N Main St, Dayton, OH 45202

About the role

Full-time position with hours that vary, totaling 80 hours per pay period. The Quality Data Abstractor is responsible for the comprehensive review of medical records and the abstraction of clinical and quality data.

Responsibilities

• Abstract appropriate data following approved data dictionaries and standards.
• Document and compile findings utilizing computer-based programs.
• Provide continuous evaluation of data collection for pertinence, accuracy, and compliance to standards.
• Participate in special studies as needed.
• Recommend and collaborate to maintain an efficient and effective process of collecting quality data.
• Intervene as necessary to achieve quality indicators, including prompting a care provider to deliver or document care.
• Act as a resource and mentor other healthcare providers in national quality indicators.
• Identify trends in quality cases and communicate through the chain of command.
• Apply clinical practice knowledge, established screens, standards, scientific principles, and clinical expertise to identify, collect, abstract, and analyze data from medical records and other documentation to support organizational performance improvement, medical staff peer review, and quality assessment.
• Seek out new knowledge, including education and training related to regulatory standards and data needed to meet and improve compliance (The Joint Commission, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Ohio Department of Health, etc.) and integrate into practice.
• Handle all assigned projects independently, set and meet deadlines, and maintain ongoing projects.
• Be alert to potential problems and actively participate in solving them.
• Generate innovative ideas leading to efficiencies and make contributions that improve the work environment.
• Offer creative solutions to problems.
• Collaborate with internal/external staff to maintain accuracy and reliability of data collection to meet internal and external goals and standards.
• Provide and maintain an effective forum for communication and exchange of ideas with all constituencies in contact with Quality Innovation.
• Contribute data abstraction perspective in meetings or other communications within or outside of the department that may impact data collection or interpretation.
• Collaborate with department members to achieve targeted quality indicators, submission deadlines, and validations related to quality measures impacting reimbursement, public perception, and physician contracts.
• Prioritize and utilize time effectively.
• Cross-train in other roles as appropriate, including education in new techniques and methodologies.
• Demonstrate flexibility in meeting staffing needs.
• Perform other duties as assigned or identified to support organizational performance improvement and the medical staff peer review functions.

Requirements

• Minimum level of education required: Associate degree in Nursing.
• Preferred educational qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Current State of Ohio licensure as a Registered Nurse.