Tolu Ayeni-Zaccheus
Richmond,Texas
Summary
Registered nurse with over 9 years experience in health care. Currently working as a clinical data abstractor. Abstracts large volumes of patient records for continuous reporting to Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Joint Commission (JC), in support of Franciscan Health Services (FHS) business objectives.
Disciplined individual skilled in collecting and verifying patient demographic and insurance information and preparing and maintaining medical records. Proficient in using medical terminology and classifying diagnostic procedures, treatments and medications. Dedicated to providing highest quality care to patients.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Abstractor
Amita Health
05.2021 - Current
- Collect patient data into web-based database for submission to third-party vendor and transmission to CHI, CMS and JC
- Attend monthly department and regional meetings with senior leadership and ancillary members to discuss trends in the abstracted data
- Provide Hospitalist and department leadership with assigned variances regarding failed core measures.
- Enhanced data accuracy by meticulously reviewing and validating abstracted information from various sources.
- Streamlined data abstraction processes for improved efficiency and reduced errors.
- Contributed to the creation of comprehensive reports, presenting findings and recommendations based on analyses of extracted data sets.
- Ensured compliance with relevant regulations by strictly adhering to established guidelines during all data abstraction activities.
- Utilized analytical skills to assess the quality of source documents, identifying potential issues that could impact accurate data extraction.
- Demonstrated strong attention to detail in all data abstraction tasks, ensuring the highest level of accuracy and reliability.
- Reviewed medical records to abstract information according to definition of various registries.
- Maintained accuracy, completeness, and security for medical records and health information.
- Transcribed and entered patient medical information into electronic medical records systems.
- Processed and tracked requests for medical records from external organizations.
- Communicated effectively with staff, patients, and insurance companies by email and telephone.
- Utilized electronic medical record systems to store, retrieve and process patient data.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN12.2017
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ogun State College of Nursing
Nigeria05.2008
Skills
- Abstract large volumes of patient records for continuous reporting
- Clinical Data Management
- Committed to compliance reporting
- Strong medical ethics
- Broad medical terminology knowledge
- Excellent computer skills
- Participate in quality assurance audits of abstracted data to identify errors
- Excellent communication skills
- Detailed oriented
- Critical Thinking
- Information Extraction
- Database Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Attention to Detail
- Data Validation
- Time Management
- Data Entry, Analysis, and Interpretation
- Health Record Index Maintenance
- Patient Admission Documents Processing
- EMR Systems (EPIC)
- Active Listening
- Computer Proficiency
- Organizational Skills
- Multitasking
- Information Analysis
Certification
- Registered Nurse-State of Washington, 2001-present
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification through American Heart Association, 2000-present
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, 1999-present
- National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification, 2008-present
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with clinical and administrative leadership to plan and implement programs to improve performance around stroke core measures.
- Consistently completed data abstraction prior to deadline to support compliance.
Timeline
Data Abstractor
Amita Health
05.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
East Tennessee State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Ogun State College of Nursing
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