DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
This effort includes tasks and activities to be performed by the contractor to support the abstraction of retrospective, CCAT patient data for analysis within the research study. Support shall require contractor personnel to interface with 711 HPW staff.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The candidate shall have...
- Bachelor in science in a medical field, data management, or comparable.
- At least 1 year experience with data abstraction from Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS).
- Prior military experience or previous experience working in a military environment desired. Experience in military aeromedical evacuation (AE) and CCAT is preferred. Familiarity with the U.S. Air Force culture and policy is desired.
DESCRIPTION OF TASKS
The candidate shall...
- Technical writing and presentation skills, including the ability to conduct scientific literature reviews.
- Ability to thrive in a team environment, yet able to complete assigned tasks independently or with minimal guidance from the team lead.
- Experience or knowledge with research methodology, quality improvement, and development of technical documents.
- Proficiency working with clinical databases and information technology to Microsoft Office software.
- Outstanding written and oral communication and presentation skills.
Data Abstraction Support:
- Proficiency working with clinical databases and information technology including Microsoft software programs such as Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Familiarity with DoD electronic military health record databases such as the Transportation Command Regulation and Command & Control System (TRAC2ES), the Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS), or the DoD Trauma Registry (DoDTR) to include familiarity of medical terminology.
- Familiarity with research processes, including Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Data Use Agreement (DUA) approvals (CITI training current and follow HIPAA and IRB requirements).
- Work with aeromedical evacuation personnel; communicate with, foster, and maintain effective working relationships for support and coordination within the 711 HPW, and all other internal and external project partners and stakeholders.
- Interface with the Principal and Associate Investigators for guidance and direction to ensure the accurate systematic collection, aggregation, and coding of patient data to include demographic, incident, treatment, and outcome data for patients throughout the En Route Care continuum.
- Support the research efforts of principal investigators on the En Route Care research team through data extraction/collection, coding, evaluation, and quality control as well as creation of spreadsheets of the data elements.
- Apply research and quality improvement principles and expertise to execute project accomplishment through the various phases of the project cycles, including performing clinical data abstraction and assisting in the division of labor for extraction and coding.
- Review comprehensive data relating to AE patients throughout the continuum of care; verify and update the information as required; interpret, analyze and make coding decisions in accordance to defined rules and guidelines as specified; compile and enter data; review and analyze data for quality assurance and inter-rater reliability; and identify and correct inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and discrepancies in medical records, coding and abstraction.
- Compile and enter data from multiple data sources such as the Transportation Command Regulation and Command & Control System (TRAC2ES), the Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS), or the DoD Trauma Registry (DoDTR).
- Assure confidentiality of documents, communications and study data (CITI training current and follow HIPAA and IRB requirements). The contractor shall comply with all established data use agreements, data management, and patient privacy and confidentiality requirements as specified by HIPAA and the IRB.
- Comply with established management controls such as milestones, management indicators, and management reviews to reflect the status of the project based on policies and procedures associated with the management of the project.