Chris Waith
Healthcare quality, clinical documentation, and population health professional
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Healthcare quality, clinical documentation, and population health professional with 20+ years of experience across federal, academic, community, outpatient, and Ascension healthcare settings.
Current
Ascension associate with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and graduate study in Health Law and Policy. Extensive experience reviewing medical records, abstracting clinical information, validating documentation, maintaining data integrity, supporting audit-ready workflows, and coordinating follow-up with physicians and multidisciplinary teams. Hands-on EHR experience with Epic, Cerner/PowerChart, Athena, CPRS/VistA, and MEDITECH.
Brings highly transferable chart-abstraction and quality-support experience for HEDIS-focused review, quality measures, audits, population health initiatives, and care-gap workflows.
Experience
Medical Instrument Technologist (EEG), GS-9 - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - San Antonio, Texas
(2022-01)
- Review and abstract patient histories, provider orders, EMR documentation, and clinical data to verify completeness, accuracy, and readiness for diagnostic interpretation and follow-up.
- Validate clinical and technical documentation, identify incomplete or inconsistent information, and coordinate clarification or escalation with physicians, nursing, leadership, and support teams.
- Maintain accurate, confidential, audit-ready records in CPRS/VistA and related clinical workflows while safeguarding PHI and complying with federal documentation requirements.
- Track urgent orders, patient status, workflow issues, and required follow-up; communicate time-sensitive findings and service needs to appropriate clinical stakeholders.
- Support process improvement, downtime procedures, documentation control, and reliable clinical operations through detailed record review and issue follow-through.
Neurodiagnostic Technologist / Clinical Documentation & Quality Support - Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center - Austin, Texas
(2015-01)
Current Ascension associate supporting high-acuity, multi-site clinical operations.
- Review and abstract relevant clinical information from Cerner/PowerChart, MEDITECH, provider orders, and patient histories to support accurate documentation, testing, reporting, and clinical follow-up.
- Maintain complete clinical and technical records, document significant events and study conditions, and ensure information required for physician interpretation is accurate and available.
- Developed and implemented a remote EEG monitoring policy across multiple hospital settings to standardize workflow, strengthen documentation consistency, reduce operational risk, and support audit-ready care processes.
- Coordinate with neurologists, epileptologists, nurses, leadership, IT, Biomed, and support teams to resolve documentation, workflow, equipment, and patient-care issues.
- Support quality improvement and regulatory readiness through standardized documentation, staff guidance, secure PHI handling, and cross-facility workflow consistency.
EEG Technologist / Policy & Accreditation Support - Methodist Texsan Hospital - San Antonio, Texas
(2021-01)
- Developed an equipment-cleaning and reprocessing policy to standardize workflow, support infection prevention, reinforce staff expectations, and improve accreditation readiness.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation, protect confidential patient information, and coordinate timely updates and follow-up with bedside care teams.
EEG Technologist / Multi-Site Clinical Support - Regional Physician Offices & Specialty Clinics - Central Texas
(2010-01 - 2015-12)
- Supported outpatient neurology and specialty-clinic operations through patient intake, medical-record review, clinical data tracking, scheduling coordination, provider communication, and secure recordkeeping using systems including Athena and Epic.
- Standardized documentation templates and recordkeeping practices to improve consistency, reduce documentation gaps, and support audit and accreditation readiness.
- Trained staff and supported accreditation preparation in two sleep laboratories by reinforcing documentation standards, workflow consistency, and quality-focused operating practices.
Education
Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) - Health Law & Policy - St. Mary's University School of Law
Bachelor of Science - Public Health - Capella University
Associate of Science - Biology - St. Philip's College
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts - St. Philip's College
