Clinical Data Abstractor- Surgery- Physician Practice
Clinical Data Abstractor- Surgery- Physician Practice
Health eCareers
Hackensack, NJ
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At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Reporting to the Manager of Bariatric Surgery, the Clinical Data Abstractor is a high-performing individual who is responsible for detailed medical record review and abstraction of clinical data required for quality measures reporting and/or departmental registries. The Clinical Data Abstractor supports patient safety and quality improvement efforts through accurate reporting of compliance to defined metrics and collaborates with departmental team members to facilitate improved patient outcomes.
Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required
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At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Reporting to the Manager of Bariatric Surgery, the Clinical Data Abstractor is a high-performing individual who is responsible for detailed medical record review and abstraction of clinical data required for quality measures reporting and/or departmental registries. The Clinical Data Abstractor supports patient safety and quality improvement efforts through accurate reporting of compliance to defined metrics and collaborates with departmental team members to facilitate improved patient outcomes.
Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required
- Associate's degree in a healthcare related field.
- Minimum 2 years experience performing medical record reviews and data abstractions for CMS, Joint Commission quality measures, and/or clinical registries.
- Comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
- Experience or knowledge of ICD-10 coding.
- Proficiency in Google suite applications.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to work well with all levels of staff.
- Strong skills in analytical methodologies, understanding of databases, and/or spreadsheet, technical writing, quantitative analysis and/or use of statistical principles.
- Strong critical thinking skills with ability to handle changing work environment and prioritize activities based on department needs.
- Detail-oriented, committed to high quality data abstraction, meets quality and productivity standards.
- Able to maintain an accuracy score that meets department requirements.
- Ability and willingness to be cross-trained and become proficient in multiple clinical domains that require clinical abstraction services.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- LPN/RN or Bachelor's degree.
- Prior experience in abstraction with core measures and/or registries (i.e. MBSQIP, NTDB/TQIP, ACS NSQIP).
- Experience working with EPIC, highly preferred.
- LPN or RN license; RHIT or CHDA certification.
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