RN, BS, MS

Patricia Tschanz MS, RN

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EHR: Kenneth Square, PA

Remote: Clinical Case Auditing

March 2012 to present

. Review physician statements for accuracy of diagnosis, spelling, terminology and length of

stay as well as type of stay approved.

. Review case in its entirety for accuracy in dates, physician and payor information and all

coding information.

. Prepare a narrative summarizing the case and supporting both the medical record and

(previously verified) physician statement.

EXPERIENCE:

Bayer: Montville, NJ

Contract Sr. Drug Safety Specialist-Pharmacovigilence

Oct-2010 to Oct-2011

• Case triage of 7, 15 & 30 day reports according to government mandated reportability

timelines and PVA agreements

• Data entry of clinical trials phases II/III and spontaneous/ solicited post marked cases.

• Narrative writing for all cases.

• CIOMs creation according to company conventions and PVA agreements

• Source documentation verification and evaluation of non-SUSAR cases

• Data Reconciliation of Clinical Trials

Cephalon: Frazer, PA

Contract Sr. Drug Safety Specialist-Pharmacovigilence

Sep-2009 to Sep-2010

• Case triage of 7, 15 & 30 day reports according to government mandated reportability

timelines and PVA agreements

• Data entry of clinical trials phases II/III, literature and spontaneous/solicited post marketed

cases.

• Narrative writing for all cases

• CIOMs creation according to company conventions and PVA agreements

• Source documentation verification and evaluation of L1 & L2 cases

• Data Reconciliation of Clinical Trials

• Follow up on all unlisted post marketed cases

Bristol-Meyers Squibb: Hopewell, NJ

Contract Drug Safety Specialist-Pharmacovigilence

May-2008 to Sep 2009

• Case triage of 7, 15 & 30 day reports according to government mandated reportability

timelines and PVA agreements

• Data entry of clinical trials phases II/III, literature and spontaneous/solicited post marketed

cases.

Narrative writing for all cases.

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CIOMs creation according to company conventions and PVA agreements.

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ICON: North Wales, PA

Contract Legal Team Drug Safety Associate-Pharmacovigilence

Jun-2006 to May-2008

- Litigation case processing in its entirety, meeting specified timelines.

• Source documentation verification and evaluation.

Abington Memorial Hospital: Abington, PA

Travel Nurse to Permanent Employee

2001-2003

• PACU Trauma recovery RN

• On call ER Trauma Response

Progressive Nursing: Bala Cynwyd, PA

Contract RN

2001-2006

• Moonlighted for local hospitals from 2001-2003 as a flexible and competent team player-

floating to all units (except L&D and Psych)

• FT Travel contract to from 2003-2006 for a Shock-Trauma Unit

Anaheim Heart & Research: Tustin, CA

Lead Clinical Research Coordinator

1995 to 2000

- Conducted a multitude of in hospital clinical trials including:

* Swan-Ganz (to evaluate effectiveness of study drug on treating CHF)

* PTCA (to evaluate the instances of re-stenosis after stent treated implantation)

* CABG (to evaluate the effectiveness of study drug on the psycho-neuro

component, when given prior to bypass initiation)

- Provided continual education and guidance to patient’s participating in trials.

- Conducted all post procedural follow ups independently and according to study

protocol.

Santa Ana Hospital and Medical Center: Santa Ana, CA

1987-1989: Critical Care Manager (ER, ICU, Telemetry)

• Interviewed and Employed RN’s

• Balanced FTE’s for all units

• Provided daily assistance and guidance to all customers and staff.

• Implemented a quality assurance program and provided education for staff based on review

outcomes.

1990-1992: Evening Nursing Supervisor

- Arranged staffing needs based on each unit’s occupancy level.

- Problem solved patient, staff and other hospital related issues as they arose.

- Provided assistance to all units upon request, including codes and unexpected

emergency procedures.

• Pharmacy liaison for all units.

1992-1995: Pre-admission Screening, Utilization Review and Discharge Planning.

• Provided assistance to physicians to determine if patient admission met Interqual and

insurance criteria.

• Provided daily monitoring of patients status and need for further hospital stay approval.

• Communicated daily with TPA’s, insurance companies, physicians, staff, patients and their

families regarding the patient’s anticipated discharge needs.

• Completed retro-reviews and negotiated appeals with private payors.

• Met daily with the CFO and unit managers to discuss various cases, length of stays and

other day to day issues.

Shore Memorial Hospital: Somers Point, NJ

New Grad Critical Care (ICU/CCU) RN

1986-1987

EDUCATION:

University of La Verne: La Verne CA

Masters in Healthcare Administration

1997-1999

Chapman University; Orange, CA

Bachelors in Health Sciences

1992-1994

Franklin & Marshall University: Lancaster, PA

Associates in Science

1982-1986

Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing: Lancaster, PA

RN Diploma

1982-1986

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Past certifications have included, trauma, emergency, critical care, telemetry/medical surgical

and oncology. I also held teaching credentials in the state of CA.

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS COMPETENCY:

RAVE, MedDRA, WHODD, Clintrace, Arisg, Argus and several other Pharma “home grown”

systems, Interqual, Hedis, Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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