Description

Job Title: Health Information Technician
Profession: Health Information Technician
Specialty: Staff Augmentation
Duration: Long-term assignment
Shift: Day
Hours per Shift: 8 hours between 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Experience: Minimum 9 months in records management, 3 months in medical terminology, and 3 months in typing

License: Not specified
Certifications: Not specified
Must-Have: Computer literacy, knowledge of health information technology, familiarity with medical terminology

Description:
Compiles health information by reviewing, cataloging, and checking medical reports for completeness.
Organizes medical reports for placement in files.
Reviews charts to ensure all reports and signatures are present.
Types health information forms, prepares charts for new admissions, and fills out necessary forms.
Prepares requests for specific reports or certificates.
Compiles and types statistical reports such as daily and monthly census, admissions, discharges, and length of stay.
Files reports into health information records, records information in logs, and retrieves health information records from the filing system.
Provides information from health information records after determining the appropriateness of requests.
Coordinates with other departments concerning health information records procedures.

Major Worker Characteristics:
Knowledge of health information technology and regulations governing medical record keeping.
Understanding of requirements governing confidentiality of patient information.
Skill in the use of a typewriter, word processor, and calculator.
Ability to deal with problems involving few variables within a familiar context.
Ability to write routine business letters and proofread medical reports.
Recognizes when medical records information is missing and gathers, collates, and classifies information.