Oncology Data Specialist
Listed on 2026-02-17
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Healthcare
Medical Records, Healthcare Administration, Medical Billing and Coding, Healthcare Compliance
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The Oncology Data Specialist 1 (ODS1) performs assigned operations of the Oncology Data Services Department to meet the requirements of MD Anderson at Cooper University Health, the American College of Surgeons (ACoS), The Joint Commission, and state regulations. The work done by an ODS1 contributes to maintaining oncology related accreditation status and ensures compliance with the New Jersey State Department of Health oncology data reporting legal requirements.
Oncology Data Specialist 1 main functions are abstracting, case finding, performing follow up, participating in tumor board coordination and other duties as assigned.
- Proficient or developing skills to perform abstracting, case finding, follow up and other responsibilities of the Data Oncology Services Department.
- Working knowledge of standard setting resources such as American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC), NCI-SEER, ACoS-Commission on Cancer (CoC), New Jersey State Cancer Registry and the department Abstracting Guidelines.
- Navigate patient medical records to review clinical documentation to determine case reportability.
- Analyze clinical documentation of reportable cases to extract data and apply demographic, tumor characteristics, treatment, staging, outcomes, and other codes in compliance with accrediting and standard setting organizations.
- Review medical record to determine a cancer patient’s vital status, cancer status, date of last contact, and other follow‑up data elements. Contact providers, other organizations, and state registry to ensure complete and accurate coding and patient follow‑up.
- Achieve abstracting quality and accuracy benchmark of 97% and a task productivity rate of 1.5 hours per case.
- Perform case‑finding and follow‑up tasks achieving the department productivity rate of 5 minutes per case.
- Perform data quality control activities on registry data.
1‑3 years’ experience working in a hospital cancer registry that included abstracting, case‑finding, and follow‑up preferred.
Education RequirementsCancer Registry Management, Other Healthcare related. Must have an associate’s degree including clinical practicum in a CoC accredited hospital.
License/Certification RequirementsOncology Data Specialist (ODS) or ODS‑ready - Required.
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