Specifications include, but are not limited to: provide an Abstractor for the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC). This position will review information obtained from death certificates, birth certificates, fetal death certificates, medical and hospitalization records, autopsies, social service records, news, police records, and other sources, with the goal of abstracting any relevant data surrounding the death of a woman while pregnant, during delivery, of up to a year after giving birth. The abstractor will work closely with the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist (MCH Epi) and with other members of the MMRC. It is also part of the abstractor's responsibilities: a) to contact hospitals and arrange access to medical records for assigned cases, b) to fill out appropriate abstraction forms providing additional information on each case based on clinical documentation in the records, c) to write a case narrative, d) to participate in the efforts for data quality improvement related to such deaths. While most records are found at area hospitals, the abstractor may be required to gather information from other types of facilities.
