HealthInformationTechnician

Position Objective: The primary responsibility of the Health Information Technician I is the accurate entry of scanned documents to the electronic health record and customer service for both internal and external customers for the Health Information Management department through incoming calls, email, and visitors to the department. The Health Information Technician is responsible for the maintenance, storage, retrieval and release of the electronic health record in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal regulatory and HIPAA requirements. Essential Job Duties: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions Acquires clinical and administrative documentation for the legal medical record through daily rounds of patient care areas. Verifies receipt of hard copy patient records by comparing discharge patient list to hard copy documents received. Updates and verifies accuracy of missing charts list daily. Prepares documents for scanning according to department standard. Scans and indexes all document types to the correct patient, encounter, and document type. Performs real-time initial quality assessment on scanned records. Apply appropriate flags to records as requested in accordance with department policy. Ensures that any task started during scheduled shift is completed by end of shift or appropriate handoff is made to next shift. Seeks assistance and support when appropriate. Provides front desk and phone coverage as appropriate for scheduled shift. Demonstrated ability to utilize transcription tracking system to research reports and update status when required. Distributes incoming mail according to department standard. Records all requests for copies of medical records within the electronic health record (EHR) and provides records in electronic format whenever possible. Responds to urgent external requests for patient records for continuing care and Medicare appeals. Retrieve