Data Integrity Specialist​/HIM Data Integrity

Location Detail: 560 Hudson St HH E&R Ctr (10058)

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The creation of the HHC System Support Office recognizes the work of a large and growing group of employees whose responsibilities are continually evolving so that we and our departments now work on behalf of the system as a whole, rather than a single member organization.

With the creation of our new umbrella organization we now have our own identity with a unique payroll, benefits, performance management system, service recognition programs and other common practices across the system.

This position reports to the Data Integrity Coordinator and is responsible for maintaining the accuracy and consistency of information across all entities of the Health System. The individual provides resolution of urgent MPI duplicate/overlay errors impacting patient care. The incumbent also performs investigation and resolution of non-emergent errors concerning potential duplicates using daily reports and task queues. Incumbent understands the legacy master patient indexes as well as the master patient index and the impact on downstream systems.

The individual Communicates with departments throughout the system and with partners and affiliate organizations to facilitate MPI and chart correction issues and resolution and communicates outcomes.

• Adheres to the established Performance Expectations for HHC in the areas of H3W Leadership Behaviors, Performance Improvement, and Shared Values & Culture. Supports efforts to migrate to an enterprise-wide MPI including clean-up of historical duplicate records in EPIC and affected downstream systems as applicable.
• Provides for ongoing data integrity of the enterprise Master Patient Index using established mechanisms to identify, investigate, resolve and prevent duplicate medical record numbers and patient overlays, both intra-facility and inter-facility assuring that for each patient there is one record with the correct identifying information to support patient care and patient safety.
• Interacts with all parties involved in each chart correction case and is responsible for ensuring all necessary corrections are made within established quality and productivity standards, validate each case prior to closure, and provide reports to manager on request.
• Coordinates with HHC entities as necessary to ensure manual merge of paper documentation and merge of downstream systems as appropriate.
• Responds in a timely manner to emergent notification regarding MPI errors during scheduled hours.
• Concurrently monitors origination points of duplicate number assignments and provides timely feedback to registration areas and manager.
• Solicits assistance from Epic technical support as needed to ensure completeness and accuracy of chart correction process for complex chart correction activities.
• Contributes to design of enterprise EMPI maintenance tools to ensure optimal workflows and overall efficiency in carrying out position responsibilities
• Assists as needed with the identification, development and validation of training curriculum as it pertains to ongoing EMPI cleanup activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

HHC HIM Data Integrity Coordinator

• Internal-Strong working relationships with team members, managers, departments throughout the system, medical staff, partners and affiliate organizations.
• External-Strong working relationships with external customers, legal representatives, and other health…