Clinical Data Abstractor

mclarenhlth; Grand Blanc (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Clinical Data Abstractor to perform clinical auditing and data abstraction of patient records to support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across multiple reporting systems.

You will review medical records, abstract relevant data, ensure accuracy in electronic uploads, and enter manually abstracted data into registries, while collaborating with sites and auditors to resolve non-concordant cases.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree with two years of clinical data analysis experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Experience in a clinical setting
• Clinical chart review and abstraction experience
• Database data entry and/or management experience

Responsibilities

• Reviews medical records to abstract relevant data for eligible patients.
• Collaborates with sites to review non-concordant cases and presents findings.
• Utilizes clinical expertise to examine EMRs and identify patients for inclusion in registries.
• Ensures accurate and timely data entry into program databases and registries.
• Participates in audits of data entered into the collaborative/registry.

Skills

Clinical data analysis

Data abstraction

Data entry

Collaboration

Education

Associate's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, informatics, or related field

Bachelor's degree in nursing, healthcare administration, informatics, or related field

Tools

EMR systems

Database management

Registry databases

Job description

Position Summary:

A Clinical Data Abstractor performs clinical auditing and data abstraction of patient records in support of the organizations clinical quality improvement and patient safety initiatives associated with various quality improvement data reporting systems.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned:

1. Participates in relevant training at assigned sites and through training, develops expertise.


2. Reviews medical records to abstract relevant data for eligible patients utilizing both electronic upload and manual data abstraction of records. Assures electronic data are verified for accuracy and assures data entry of manually abstracted data into collaborative / registry.


3. Collaborates with assigned sites to review non-concordant cases and identifies and presents findings to other key stakeholders.


4. Utilizes clinical expertise to examine the electronic medical records of cases to identify patients eligible for inclusion in the collaborative / registry.


5. Responsible for the accurate and timely entry of data into program database portals and meets the caseload accrual requirement protocol.


6. Actively participates in audits of data entered the collaborative / registry

Qualifications:

Required:

• Associate’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, informatics, or related field with two years of experience in clinical data analysis or a similar role


• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, informatics, or related field

OR

• Experience in a clinical setting.


• Clinical chart review and abstraction experience.


• Database data entry and/or management experience.