Trauma Registry Data Analyst

UC Health; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Health is seeking a Trauma Data I Specialist for UC Medical Center's Trauma Center in Cincinnati, OH. The role centers on data collection, entry, quality control, and analysis for trauma, burn, and acute care surgery registries to support research, performance improvement, and outcomes measurement.

You will abstract and report data from EPIC and EMS sources, maintain strict HIPAA compliance, and contribute to national registries and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in healthcare, technology, education, Health Information or related field.
• Completion of AIS coding course from AAAM within 12 months of hire.
• Completion of the American College of Surgeons registrar course or state equivalent covering abstraction, data management, reports/analysis, data validation, and HIPAA.
• Certifications preferred: CSTR, CAISS, CIC, CCA, CCS, RHIT, RHIA.
• Minimum 1–2 years experience; 3–5 years preferred.
• Two years or more Trauma Registry experience or equivalent in lieu of Associate’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Obtains, abstracts, and enters all appropriate patient-related information into the appropriate databases in an accurate and timely manner by:
• Monitors daily trauma patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and confirms all patients and patient changes on the registry, autopsy, and patient identification logs.
• Coordinating the collection of data from various sources, including EPIC and its integrated medical records, EMS run report databases, and the coroner.
• Analysis and entering appropriate data into registries, including entering all patients from the patient identification reports into the registry.
• Requesting and entering autopsy report data.
• Abstracts and records 300+ data elements, including hospital events/complications, comorbidities, and the TQIP Measures of Processes of Care per the National Trauma Data Standard’s definitions and criteria.
• Ensuring that data is abstracted to meet data deadlines for the UC Health trauma and hospital quality committees, the ACS National Trauma Data Bank registry, the Ohio Trauma Acute Care registry, the Tri-State Trauma Coalition, and the American Burn Association.
• Participates in ongoing clinical research program’s data collection.

Skills

Data entry

Data analysis

HIPAA compliance

AIS coding

ICD-10 coding

Registry data management

EPIC

Education

Associate degree in healthcare or related field

Trauma Registry certification (CSTR/CAISS/etc)

Tools

EPIC

EMS run report databases

Job description

UC Health is seeking a Trauma Data I Specialist for UC Medical Center's Trauma Center in Cincinnati, OH. The role centers on data collection, entry, quality control, and analysis for trauma, burn, and acute care surgery registries to support research, performance improvement, and outcomes measurement.

You will abstract and report data from EPIC and EMS sources, maintain strict HIPAA compliance, and contribute to national registries and quality initiatives.