Oncology Data Specialist

The Oncology Data Specialist abstracts patient diagnoses with reportable cancer by medical staff physicians of Cone Health. This role provides support for cancer program development, ensures compliance with data reporting standards, and serves as a valuable resource for cancer information with the ultimate goal of preventing and controlling cancer.

• Abstracts a wide range of medical data from the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and codes it in compliance with established data standards, staying within organizational guidelines.
• Helps confirm completeness and accuracy of data collected/documented by physicians, hospital staff or physician office personnel.
• Assesses benchmarking reports under supervision and meets with quality data owners/customers within the department, hospital system, providers to better understand the data and its collection.
• Supports the utilization of data collection software (Premier, Digital Innovation Registries, and potential other vendors).
• Participates in development and implementation of quality control activities.
• Assists with confirming reportability of assigned cases in suspense under direct supervision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Required:
  
  Associate s Degree

• Required:
  
  1 year

• Required:
  
  Oncology Data Specialist, ODS (formerly Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR))