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AI health information technician

Processes patient admission documents and maintains health record indexes to collect and classify information for the business.

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Health information technician · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Process patient admission or discharge documents.
  2. Maintain health record indexes to collect and classify information.
  3. Scan patients health records into electronic formats.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Medical Records Specialists” (O*NET 29-2072.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Process patient admission or discharge documents.
  • Maintain or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.

Health information technician · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Epic Systems
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Henry Schein Dentrix

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits