Data Entry Clinical Trials
Resume:
Patricia Tschanz BSHS, MS, RN ( retired )
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Phoenixville Hospital: Phoenixville, PA
Case Manager/Utilization Review
. Review medical charts for medical necessity
. Enter data into Interqual program, for insurance approval
EHR: Kenneth Square, PA
Remote: Clinical Case Auditing
March 2012 to 2015
. 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.
• CIOMs creation according to company conventions and PVA agreements.
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.
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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