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Medical Record Clerk

Resource Logistics, Orient, SD, United States


Shift
Days

Weekly Hours
40 (8*5)

Job Duration
3 - 6 months (High possibility of extension)

Job Details

Compiles health information (e.g., reviews, catalogs & checks medical reports for completeness; organizes medical reports for placement in files; reviews charts to ensure all reports & signatures are present).

Types health information forms (e.g., prepares charts for new admissions; fills out forms; prepares requests for specific reports or certificates).

Compiles & types statistical reports such as daily & monthly census, Medicaid days, admissions, discharges, or length of stay.

Files reports into health information records, records information in logs & files & retrieves health information records in filing system.

Provides information from health information records after determining appropriateness of request.

Coordinates with other departments concerning health information records procedures.

Major Worker Characteristics

Knowledge of health information technology; JCAH & Medicare/Medicaid regulations governing medical record keeping;

Requirements governing confidentiality of patient information; medical terminology.

Skill in the use of a typewriter &/or word processor & calculator.

Ability to deal with problems involving a few variables within a familiar context; write routine business letters, evaluations or records following standard procedures; proofread medical reports & recognize errors;

Recognize when medical records information is missing;

Gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things.

Developed after employment.

Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment

3 courses or 9 months experience in records management; 1

1 course or 3 months experience in medical terminology;

1 course or 3 months experience in typing.

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