Senior Quality Data Analyst - Surgery

Quality Operations at Mount Sinai Health System is responsible for clinical data registries and disease-based cohort databases that are used for the purposes of quality initiatives, performance improvement, and patient outcomes research. The Senior Quality Data Analyst is an experienced individual who may function as Lead and is responsible for abstracting and/or auditing a large volume of clinical case records, data, or other information for Clinical Data Registries, within established deadlines in support of quality assessment initiatives, performance improvement and patient outcomes research. The incumbent also mentors less experienced Analysts and assists in training and orientation and provides input into quality improvement initiatives.

• Performs high-quality data compilation and accurate data entry in adherence to registry operations best practices and registry definitions while maintaining data integrity in accordance with compliance policies.
• Responsible for case ascertainment and case abstraction assignment to ensure timely and complete data collection in accordance with data registry requirements and data submission deadlines.
• Contributes to and maintains registry operations manual detailing standard operating procedures related to clinical documentation and source data entry, data abstraction, data quality assurance, and data submission.
• Responsible for auditing, inter-rater reliability and quality assurance review to ensure registry data is complete and accurate.
• Responsible for submitting required registry data to external agencies within agency-defined deadlines and completeness and accuracy requirements and is accountable to audits from outside agencies related to registry data.
• Acts as the subject matter expert on assigned registries and represents the registry internally within the team and at clinical departmental meetings related to data-driven quality improvement initiatives, clinical documentation improvement and event adjudication.
• Serves as point of contact for data requests for the registry and coordinates with the Clinical Data Management, Data Engineering and Data Analytics teams as needed to fulfill the data request.
• Maintains and regularly reviews/updates clinical data dictionary documenting standard source of truth.
• Contributes to and participates in clinical documentation improvement initiatives as needed to help standardize source of truth and improve abstraction process.
• Attends regular team meetings and contribute discussions on definitions, best practices and case reviews to ensure consistency in data abstraction.
• Participates in departmental performance improvement projects.
• Mentors and trains less experienced staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree required. Masters degree in life science, informatics, population health or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of chart abstraction experience and strong familiarity of electronic health record and clinical documentation is preferred.
• Experience working on detailed clinical research projects or clinical registries both in accessing data and adjudicating data with clinicians to ensure accurate and high quality data.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 862 - Surgery - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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