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Medical Records Specialists

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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.

What you’d do

  • Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
  • Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.
  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.
  • Release information to persons or agencies according to regulations.
  • Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.
  • Maintain or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
  • Process patient admission or discharge documents.
  • Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.

Skills that matter

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Time Management
  • Writing

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Health Information Clerk
  • Medical Coder
  • Medical Records Clerk
  • Medical Records Technician (Medical Records Tech)
  • Coder
  • Health Information Specialist

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