ABIGAIL ZAPATA

• Implement risk avoidance and mitigation strategies to eliminate hazards, activities and exposures that could negatively impact organizational assets
• Develop risk assessment matrices and templates to increase visibility of risks and facilitate decision making.
• Direct and manage all reporting inquiries from business units and leadership team in compliant and expeditious manner
• Analyze internal processes for risk, review and recommend changes to business practices and record keeping
• Offered consultation on re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality.

• Provided periodic reports for Management that assist with understanding of business objectives through developed knowledge of business protocol and results
• Abstract, extract and analyze patient surgical outcomes, mortality and morbidity rates, and patient statistics;
• Collaborated and assisted surgeons in developing study designs for symposium presentations and papers
• Spearheaded MIPS (Merit-Based Incentive Payment System) Program (from cradle to grave)
• Reported and presented data findings in variety of unique formats (custom built dashboards, spreadsheet reports, MS PowerPoint, graphs, figures and tables)
• Redesigned and improved architecture of Surgical Registry data abstraction workflow
• Design customized data entry forms that effectively and efficiently capture patient data outcomes for research staff
• Influenced care outcomes by implementing improvements and optimizing health information technology

Project: Migrating existing legacy DB system to web-based application

• Re-architecture of data abstraction and workflow
• Creatively mapped out new design of data entry screens to capture accurate data more quickly saving company time and money
• Developed test plans and case materials for test users to follow during Beta Testing
• Abstracted and statistically analyzed Surgical Patient Health Data for Reporting Purposes
• Assisted in managing company's existing clinical outcomes database(s) and development of next generation system
• Programmed, developed, and designed ASP.Net web forms for company's next generation database system

• Wrote Data Definition Languages, utilities, and Data Manipulation Language SQL commands
• Analyzed and distributed 40-50 unique monthly, quarterly, and other ad-hoc performance reports with strategic recommendations for client and product sales
• Used statistical methods to analyze data and generate useful website and sales data to identify market and product trends
• Generated reports measuring key performance indicators and communicated findings through company
• Identified Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold discrepancies and developed processes to improve margin and inventory tracking

• Extracted and interpreted data patterns to translate findings into actionable outcomes.
• Built Access DB to allow retrieval of hard-copy documentation and gathering of data information
• Collected patient care data from the EHR, lab reports, assessment forms, etc., and entered data into 1-6 internal databases in a timely and accurate manner
• Abstracted and analyzed data, creating reports and graphics to present to key stakeholders
• Designed and implemented databases to support strategic optimization initiatives.
• Performed data mining and collection of transplant related patient care information from the EHR and other sources
• Maintained internal database and assists in troubleshooting database-related issues
• Prepared source data for database entry by compiling and sorting information establishing priorities
• Reviewed data for deficiencies, resolving discrepancies by using standard procedures or getting guidance from medical staff