Technician

Job Purpose:

Maintains record of patient care by compiling, reviewing, and filing documentation of patient's condition, treatment, and health outcome.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains medical records operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.
• Initiates medical record by searching master patient index; identifying existing patient records or need to assign a new number; interacting with registration areas and physicians' offices for information verification; processing or creating the record folder.
• Ensures medical record availability by routing records to admissions and emergency departments, physicians, and other authorized hospital staff; maintaining chart location systems.
• Completes medical record by reviewing information; notifying health care providers of record deficiencies; tracking outstanding records; notifying medical director of physicians in jeopardy of losing admitting privileges.
• Maintains historical reference by abstracting and coding clinical data, such as diseases, operations, procedures, and therapies, using standard classification systems; filing documents.
• Provides medical record information by answering questions and requests of patients, hospital staff, law firms, insurance companies, and government agencies.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential; following release-of-information protocols.
• Maintains the stability and reputation of the hospital by complying with legal requirements.
• Keeps equipment operational by following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures.
• Conserves resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

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