EHR Specialists’ duties will vary with size and specialty of the facility in which they may work. Many can specialize in varying areas or one aspect of the EHR such as entry level coders, encoding within a hospital setting, abstractors and or coding specialist, HIPAA Compliance Officers or HIM (Health Information Managers) and oversee entire departments within larger healthcare facilities. The duties an Electronic Health Record Specialist may perform include, but are not necessarily limited to:
- Assembling patient's health information to ensure information is complete and accurate
- Entering data, such as demographic characteristics, diagnostic procedures and treatment into the computer
- Statistical and data analysis for quality improvement measures
- Assisting with special studies and research for public health agencies
- Compiling medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, and use of hospital beds for clinical audits
- Managing data backup, retention of records as well as maintain a variety of health record indexes, storage and retrieval systems
- Working National Database Registries as a registrar: contacting discharged patients, their families, and physicians to maintain registry with follow-up information, such as quality of life and length of survival for cancer patients
- Working with department managers to review policies and develop new workflows for EHR: coordinating training resources and providing on-going end user training
- Assisting with the daily operations of the office, such as answering the phone, inputting notes from patient's charts, scheduling appointments and general reception area duties
The CEHRS program will begin in March 2010. For more information please contact the Providence Training Institute Administrative office.
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