Medical Records & Health Information Technicians
Also called:
Medical Records Clerk, Health Information Clerk, Medical Records Technician, Office Manager
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
- Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.
- Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Independence
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- eClinicalWorks software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
Data base user interface and query software
- EAD Systems software
- Microsoft Access
Document management software
- Fox Meadows Accent Data Manager
- Hyland Software OnBase
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$34,160
per year, on average
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