Intern-Population Health
Community Healthcare Network Inc•New York, NY
•$0 - $18•Remote
About The Position
Reporting to the Director of Quality and Healthcare Innovation, the Intern - Population Health Intern works within Community Healthcare Network’s population health department to ensure patients receive quality medical care that aligns with our quality indicators. This internship provides valuable hands-on experience in care coordination and quality improvement efforts that strive to improve patient health outcomes. This fully remote position works closely with the interdisciplinary team and serves as a telephone liaison between patients and their care team.
Requirements
- High School diploma or satisfactory equivalent
- Demonstrated interest or experience in healthcare, medical records, or quality assurance
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and organizational abilities
- Comfortable working independently in a remote environment
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic data entry
Responsibilities
- Contacts patients daily to facilitate patient compliance and quality indicators, such as required annual health screenings, and schedules appointments within appropriate time frames.
- Extracts data from internal and external data platforms to compile patient outreach lists, as directed.
- Maintains consistent communication with patients, clinicians, and the care team to ensure patients’ needs are addressed in a timely manner.
- Receives incoming emails and faxes from laboratory, physician offices, hospitals, and diagnostic centers and assigns to appropriate parties.
- Scans incoming medical documents, review images for quality and upload to the patients’ medical record.
- Reviews individual clinical records for the presence of adequate and required documentation, using chart review tools.
- Prepares weekly reports documenting the outcomes of outreach activities.
- Participates in performance improvement activities, as assigned.
- Facilitates related services for health center patients, as assigned.
- Performs other related duties, as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
High school or GED
