Cardiovascular Quality Data Specialist - Danbury Hospital Quality Data

Description

Title: Cardiovascular Quality Data Specialist DH Quality Data Full time/40 hours per week 8 hour shifts. Remote

Summary: Works in all aspects of Cardiovascular Registry Functions in the Quality Data Department to include facilitating improvement in medical record documentation through extensive interaction with physicians medical staff and nursing staff to ensure the documentation supports the quality and performance metrics of the HVI and the Clinical Data Registries. Supports the daily operations of the quality Data Department utilizing clinical knowledge and understanding of the Registry Products and Services.

Responsibilities:

1. Collect Clinical Data for Cardiovascular Data Registries.

2. Applies clinical knowledge and subject matter expertise to accurately collect a wide variety of clinical data from medical records with the designated time frames.

3. Concurrently provides education and collaborates with medical staff and hospital staff to ensure optimal documentation that will support the goals of the HVI.

4. Conducts followup reviews of clinical documentation to ensure that the issues discussed and clarified with medical and hospital staff have been recorded in the patients medical record.

5. Independently accurately and completely perform validation of data prior to any data submissions.

6. Analyzes data for HVI and provides reports of Clinical Outcomes and Quality Metrics.

7. Accurately analyze aggregate reports of Clinical Registry Data.

8. Prepares & provides reports of clinical performance measures and statistics to the designated internal customers within the designated time frames.

9. Provides report of clinical performance measures to the designated external customers within the designated time frames.

10. Identifies and provides external comparisons for the Registry Quality and Performance metrics to HVI leaders as requested.

11. Performs internal quality audits to ensure integrity and accuracy of data.

12. Facilitates improvement in performance and medical record documentation as identified through the data registry analysis.

13. Identifies opportunities for Quality Improvement and identifies trends through chart review and shares with internal customers.

14. Concurrently provides feedback to medical and hospital staff related to Registry specific requirements.

education as appropriate when there are changes to the Data Registry elements or process changes.

16. Maintains positive open communication with Physicians and Interdisciplinary care team members and provides physician specific feedback to designated members of medical staff.

17. Collaborates with IT Physician experts and other staff to develop technology to streamline clinical data collection improving accuracy and optimizing automated processes.

18. Coordinates Meetings for the HVI specific to Data Registries and participates and collaborates to provide information for various cardiology meetings including M&M Division of Cardiology QPIC.

19. Prepares information for the Cardiology Service line meetings.

20. Organizes recurring meetings to review all adverse events deaths opportunities for improvement as identified through review of data.

21. Actively participates in HVI committee meetings to identify share and develop action plans to improve patient care.

22. Maintains and tracks followup monitoring of action plans to improve patient care.

23. Other duties as assigned.

Other Information:

Required education/skills: Registered professional nurse with minimum of three years jobrelated experience in data registries cardiology or performance improvement preferred; or Bachelors degree in Health related field with minimum of 3years jobrelated experience in data registries cardiology or performance improvement preferred.

• Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software including Excel Word & Power Point
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent observational decision making and critical thinking skills

Critical thinking skills decisive judgement and ability to work with minimal supervision

Credentials: Registered Nurse

Salary Range: $40.43 $75.10 hourly (Pay per years of relative experience)