Medical Records & Health Information Technicians
Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's numerical coding system.
Also called: Coder, Health Information Specialist, Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records Clerk
Knowledge:
- administrative services
- customer service
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- group things in different ways
- order or arrange things
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Independence
- Initiative
Technology:
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- MEDITECH software
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft SQL Server
Document management software
- Fox Meadows Accent Data Manager
- Hyland Software OnBase
