Data Abstractor position?

[jessimee]

Hi! Can someone tell me what a "Data Abstractor" position is? I love paperwork and details, and am happy sitting in front of a computer all day. I would love a position that would allow me to eventually become a Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist. There is a "Data Abstractor" position available at my local hospital. Would this be a good entry level job?

[Julius Seizure]

On 2/8/2016 at 7:55 PM, Slhengy said:

It's ALL going to be pulled out electronically. Not just Core Measures. Once Interoperability hits, it's all going to come out of the medical record. I am a Health IT Nurse as well and I have seen what the government has in mind for all medical records coming from every doctors office, clinic and hospital in the country. That's why I am going back to school. BTW.....we use Q-Centrix to abstract our Core Measures. Do you know why? Because they did away with SCIP, HF, PN, etc. so we didn't need as many Coordinators. We had 5 and now we are down to just me. The writing is on the wall.

Hi Slhengy, 

Coming to you from the year 2021 - data abstractors have not gone away, in fact our hospital keeps hiring more!  Its definitely a niche area to work in, but the jobs are out here ?