Quality Data Specialist

Location/Department: Business Center - Quality 80/pp Job Summary The Quality Data Specialist will be responsible for the abstraction, validation, monitoring, and reporting of quality measures internally and to regulatory bodies including federal, state, and the Joint Commission. Demonstrates subject matter expertise of the quality measure definitions. Perform quality data analysis, identify data quality issues, and work with appropriate resources to get issues resolved. Provides dashboards and reports to stakeholders and collaborates with leaders and multidisciplinary teams to make improvements. Supports quality and process improvement metrics to drive change throughout the organization. Supervisory Responsibilities None Duties/Responsibilities Understands and provides hospital quality knowledge and is responsible for appropriate tasks assigned. Participates in learning opportunities and maintains hospital quality expertise. Contributes in a manner to improve quality by sharing knowledge and proactively identifying issues. Maintains and improves knowledge of hospital quality and stays at the forefront of changes to hospital quality measures and/or definitions. Effectively uses Microsoft Excel to assist clinical managers and the director to develop graphs and reports to depict analysis and interpretation of data. Runs quality data reports monthly and validates for accuracy and integrity. Reviews patient records and extracts relevant data for quality improvement, compliance, and reporting purposes. Follows established clinical data abstraction guidelines, such as those set by CMS and The Joint Commission. Has processes in place to proactively monitor and report appropriate quality and process improvement metrics. Works with improvement teams to provide data support for metrics, scorecards, and control plans. Identifies data quality issues and works with appropriate people and/or teams to resolve issues. Translates data report results to dashboards for managers and leadership team. All data collected is legible, complete, and timely. Collects data for inpatient readmissions and records in excel tracking file. Submits required data to regulatory bodies before deadline dates. Communicates clinical documentation deficiencies to Director and team members as indicated. Serves as point of contact for the MBQIP program and regulatory reporting through Oracle. Attends and contributes to multidisciplinary teams as assigned. #J-18808-Ljbffr Margaret Mary Health