HIM Data Integrity Analyst

Data Integrity Analyst -  Health Information Management 

 This is entry level medical records analyst

As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care.

Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more. Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers.

Culture of Caring: The Sinai Way

Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion. Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research. At Mount Sinai, we take pride in our achievements, aiming to be a beacon of quality healthcare in South Florida. We welcome all healthcare professionals to join our thriving community and contribute to our pursuit for clinical excellence.

The HIM Data Integrity Analyst evaluates the authenticity of data within the electronic health record system to facilitate accurate patient matching and the synchronization of information flow to systems that support patient care, treatment, and services.  Analysts are responsible for managing health information systems, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and supporting decision-making within healthcare organizations. 

Position Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots and triages chart corrections requests.  Makes corrections or triage the error to appropriate analyst(s), end users.

• Review, validate and merges confirmed duplicate patient health records by appropriately and accurately verifying the information in the patient records.                  

• Identify corrective action to decrease the number of duplicate medical record numbers created.       

• Monitors data integrity, merges duplicate medical records to ensure the integrity of the patient record and the status of duplicate creation and validate all potential patient matches.              

• Merges patients timely and accurately following the established procedures. If patient  are evaluated as two different patients they will remain separate and make Known-Non-Duplicate (KND).                                         

• Provides feedback on inappropriate patient creation and trends which cause duplicates within Epic system.

• Completes chart correction s on a daily basis and when necessary updates the EMR system when notification of death certificates are received by scanning supporting documentation in OneContent.    

• Have knowledge of work queues in the EMR and knowledge of the duplicate reconciliation process.         

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with clerical, technical, and managerial level staff.                   

• Detail oriented, analytical and computer skills.  Able to determine root cause for data integrity issues.   

• Follows confidentially and HIPAA guidelines.              

• Knowledge of general MS office programs, e.g. Excel, Access, Word.             

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Qualifications

• Associates Degree or Bachelor Degree in Health Information, Healthcare field or a combination of education and experience or experience that provides the knowledge, skills and ability to perform the job.

• 1-2 years experience in hospital medical records department and some knowledge of electronic medical records and Epic Identity and Chart Correction process preferred.

Benefits 

We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs. Our robust employee benefits package includes:

• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for select positions and more!