A Medical Records or Health Information Technician works with data from medical records to process, maintain, compile, analyze and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industry's numerical coding system and reporting standards
Serves the needs of the inpatient, outpatient, physicians, and associates by collecting, maintaining, and making available to authorized users timely, accurate, and complete patient health information. Prioritizes, locates, pulls, assembles, electronically tracks, and see to the appropriate transport of records requested by other departments in accordance with established standards. Provides assistance with the clerical and filing functions for the Health Information Management Department. This position reports to the manager of the Health Information Management Department.
Job Description Essential Responsibilities:
Run daily discharge report Perform daily rounds to obtain medical records of discharged patients, including their old medical records from the following areas: ICU; Medical Floor; Surgery Floor; Same Day Care ; Cardiac Cath Lab ; Pediatrics ; Childbirth Center ; Endoscopy ; IV Therapy Sort and assemble discharge charts. Answer phones, check voicemails, check and respond to faxes Sort mail Follow up on missing charts Scan in late filing charts Check MyChart medical record requests from patients Purge and straighten paper charts timely Scan AHN, Cardiac Rehab, Revenue Integrity and TOC charts Scan disclosures Perform DJO printing Scan and email EpicCare Link documentation Print quick release for ICU patient transfers Work life insurance Chart Gateway requests Resolves scanning issues (deleting, removing, moving, renaming) and resolves HIM tickets in the ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Education/Experience:
M ust have a high school diploma or equivalent. Medical Terminology and prior medical record experience in acute healthcare or provider clinic is strongly preferred.
Licenses or Certifications:
Strongly preferred certifications: CMA, CMAA, RMA, NCMA, or CCMA.
