Roles · Health care

AI HIM clerk

Processes patient admission and discharge documents. Scans health records into electronic formats. Maintains health record indexes to store and retrieve information.

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HIM clerk · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

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

HIM clerk · 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