Data Quality Analyst - Transplant

University of Mississippi Medical Center • Jackson, MS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

To coordinate, audit, and report compliance with data quality standards requirements of accrediting and funding agencies. Educate physicians, registrars, and reporting facilities on data quality standards and accountability measures.

Requirements

• Degree (Bachelor's or Associate's) in a health related field
• Knowledge of health records and health record documentation.
• Presentation skills and knowledge of the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions.
• Must have organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Oncology Data Specialist (ODS) certification by the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA) if working in Oncology

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, monitors and reports data quality and quality improvement activities; presents findings to external facility or appropriate internal committee/team.
• Implements and maintains data quality procedures to ensure compliance with external regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Reviews, re-abstracts data, and prepares reports on physician or registrar compliance with staging, abstracting or coding standards.
• Collects and summarizes data quality or outcomes measures and reports findings to external facilities or internal committee/multidisciplinary team.
• Plans, develops, coordinates and makes presentations at training and educational programs relative to data quality and accountability measures.
• Reviews pathology reports and/or disease indices to identify reportable cases; works with physician or reporting facility to obtain missing cases/data or get case staged.
• Works with multidisciplinary site teams to develop processes and procedures to monitor and report performance levels and outcomes for accountability or standards measure.
• Abstracts data from patient medical records to include patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, history and extent of disease, treatment and follow-up, physician staging or assessment and other related information.
• Communicates with physicians and other departments to assure ongoing quality indicators are reported to the appropriate committee for review.
• Serves as a resource for physicians and reporting facilities in staging, abstracting, coding, and case reportability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees