Health record technician vs health information specialist

Differences between health record technician and health information specialist duties and responsibilities

Health record technician example responsibilities.

• Maximize ROI by effectively managing the microfiche process.
• Treat all patients, their families, visitors, peers, staff and representatives in a pleasant and courteous manner.
• Process relatively structure records including detail coding and basic abstracting of discharge patients.
• Process records for HCC/HEDIS audits; perform regular monitoring of establish documentation deficiency and HIPPA reports.
• Organize, analyze and technically evaluate inpatient and outpatient medical records for physician completeness according to hospital bylaws and JCAHO standards.
• Analyze and process patient status in Meditech application.

Health information specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage chart completion (ICD-9-CM and CPT coding/abstracting), chart assembly and analysis, patient admission and patient information privacy/security.
• Review and audit medical records for correct DRG and APC assignment.
• Certify requests for subpoenas, court orders, legal cases and training of employees.
• Utilize Cerner and Centricity systems to assist in ancillary services.
• Abstract medical records with ICD9-CM, CPT and DRG coding.
• Scan documentation via DCS into HPF to be index under ROI.
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