Health Information Administrator I - North Vancouver, Canada - Providence Healthcare

Providence Healthcare

Verified Company

North Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Mandatory Vaccination Please Note:

As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Providence Health Care must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Proof of vaccination status will be required.

Summary:

Reporting to the Coordinator, Coding, performs coding and abstracting of health records according to established guidelines utilizing computerized systems and in accordance to national, provincial and regional requirements.

Processes corrections for abstracts for data quality, maintains the computerized abstracting system, and participates in continuous quality improvement activities.

Provides data related to specific projects and/or assignments as requested, assists in the presentation of statistical information and participates on organizational committees by providing advice regarding codes, classification, mapping and data collection.

Qualifications / Skills and Education:
Education
Graduate of an approved Health Information Management Program.

Canadian College of Health Information Management (CHIM) Certified and current active membership with the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA).

Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated ability to code/abstract in the current CIHI and BC Ministry of Health standard classification system.
Demonstrated knowledge of computerized coding and abstracting systems.
Demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others and demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work.

Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment including the ability to perform rudimentary functions in spreadsheet, database, and word processing software and demonstrated ability to use a keyboard and mouse.

Physical ability to perform duties of the job.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs coding and abstracting duties such as CIHI Discharge Abstract Database, the Trauma Registry, the Canadian Neonatal Network, the BC Perinatal Database and other Coding databases according to established guidelines and BC Ministry of Health requirements to provide a current and accurate hospital database for statistics and/or research purposes by methods such as utilizing computerized systems.

Ensures data quality of assigned work by performing duties such as reviewing the data capture for accuracy and completeness. Assesses quality of documentation within the patient record to ensure accurate coding and abstracting.

Participates in the development of data definitions, data modeling and design activities to support appropriate information availability in the health record.

Completes period end function and system updates/corrections by performing duties such as reviewing patient files to ensure every patient discharged has been coded and abstracted appropriately, checking the computerized Admission, Discharge and Transfer System against the computerized abstracting system to ensure that all discharge functions have been captured and following-up on discrepancies.

Participates in continuous quality improvement activities and service excellence by performing duties such as making recommendations to the Coding Coordinator and participating in implementing changes as required.

Provides data related to specific projects as requested such as generic screening and quality indicators for research, clinical and administrative assignments by performing duties such as receiving requests, collecting and analyzing data and statistical information and forwarding to designated personnel as required.

Assists in the presentation of statistical information to parties such as other hospital departments, committees and outside agencies by performing duties such as retrieving data and statistical information, analyzing data and conducting presentations as required.

Assists the Clinical Analysts in the maintenance of clinical databases.

Assists in clinical mapping and various activities related to structured data.

Provides input into policies and procedures by participating in the examination of the existing policies to determine if updating is required, reviewing work processes to identify problems and inefficiencies for discussion, evaluating technical literature/material to identify new or revised procedures/equipment to improve operations, and making recommendations into the development of, or changes to, selected policies, procedures or protocols.

Prepares new or revised forms for review and consideration by the Coding Coordinator.

Participates on organizational committees by performing duties such as acting as a liaison and resource person for Health Information Management to other departments, providing advice to departments regarding codes, classification and data colle