analyst

Unknown
edited May 2016 in CDI Talk Archive
Vanessa,

I would be interested to know the scope of your analyst.
Gather and sort data for many departments?
Have the ability to critically examine the data?




Charlene Thiry RN, BSN, CPC, CCDS
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Quality Resources
Menorah Medical Center

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  • vanessa.falkoffvanessa.falkoff
    edited May 2016
    Charlene,
    Her CDI duties are mostly administrative. We do not have any software so she manually checks our admissions/discharges to create our daily census and she follows up on queries if they are not complete at discharge. I actually track our numbers and analyze the data by types of queries and the final results.

    Vanessa Falkoff RN
    Clinical Documentation Coordinator
    University Medical Center
    Las Vegas, NV
    vanessa.falkoff@umcsn.com
    office 702-383-7322
    cell 702-204-0054



  • Unknown
    edited May 2016
    Thanks for the info. So, not necessarily an RN but computer savvy? It has crossed my mind that an individual who can gather, shuffle and sort data to provide a meaningful picture would be very handy. The picture would include not only query type/response info but physician info (same ones over and over? response appropriate, length of time to answer, noncompliant etc) and patient types which generate the most queries. I don't know, maybe I am way off base. . . seems like such a person would be handy.




    Charlene Thiry RN, BSN, CPC, CCDS
    Clinical Documentation Specialist
    Quality Resources
    Menorah Medical Center

  • evanspx@sutterhealth.orgevanspx@sutterhealth.org
    edited May 2016
    My suggestion would be to use a newly-minted RHIT in that role - the background and training is ideal as they should understand in-depth the coding and reconciliation issues germane to negotiating change aspects with the coding team.

    Paul Evans, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS
     
    Manager, Regional Clinical Documentation & Coding Integrity
    Sutter West Bay
    633 Folsom St., 7th Floor, Office 7-044
    San Francisco, CA 94107
    Cell:  415.637.9002
    Fax:  415.600.1325
    Ofc:  415.600.3739
    evanspx@sutterhealth.org


  • Unknown
    edited May 2016
    The trick would be getting administration on board for the idea!! Maybe I'd better try to promote increasing staffing for the review position first.




    Charlene Thiry RN, BSN, CPC, CCDS
    Clinical Documentation Specialist
    Quality Resources
    Menorah Medical Center

  • Unknown
    edited May 2016
    Excellent information.
    How do you generate your reports?
    Do you have criteria in choosing which data needs to be collected?
    Your position is wholly within the coding/CDI realm?



    Charlene Thiry RN, BSN, CPC, CCDS
    Clinical Documentation Specialist
    Quality Resources
    Menorah Medical Center

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