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Medical Records Specialists

$47.18K Median Salary 0 Job Openings (Annual Projection)

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About This Career

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 healthcare system. Classify medical and healthcare concepts, including diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment, into the healthcare industry's numerical coding system. Includes medical coders.

Reported Job Titles

Coder, Health Information Clerk, Health Information Specialist, Health Information Technician (Health Information Tech), Medical Records Clerk, Medical Records Coordinator, Medical Records Technician (Medical Records Tech), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)

Skills You'll Need

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Technology Skills

Medical software
Desktop communications software
Data base user interface and query software
Document management software
Categorization or classification software
Accounting software
Voice recognition software
Business intelligence and data analysis software
Analytical or scientific software
Electronic mail software
Data base reporting software
Calendar and scheduling software
Spreadsheet software
Development environment software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Office suite software
Project management software
Metadata management software
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Expert system software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Enterprise application integration software
Operating system software
Word processing software
Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software
Data base management system software
Transaction security and virus protection software
Object or component oriented development software
Internet browser software
Presentation software
Process mapping and design software
Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Microfiche or microfilm viewer components or accessories
Bar code reader equipment
Scanners
Medical paper charting systems
Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
Paper shredding machines or accessories
Compact disc CD or labeling printers
Premise branch exchange PBX systems
Dictation machines
Special purpose telephones
Light stylus
Optical character recognition systems
Laser fax machine
Encoder decoder equipment
Desktop calculator
Postal scales
Notebook computers
Touch screen monitors
Laser printers
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Tablet computers