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Medical Records Technician
HealthcareYou organize, maintain, and protect patient health records in a world where doctors have the handwriting of caffeinated spiders and every insurance company has a different filing requirement. You're the reason anyone can find anything in a hospital, and nobody thanks you until something goes missing.
Salary Range
Low
$30k
Median
$42k
High
$58k
10-Year Growth
faster than average
US Workers
210K
Education
Associate's degree or postsecondary certificate in health information technology + RHIT preferred
Environment
indoor
Tools & Technical Skills
- ▸Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems (Epic, Cerner)
- ▸ICD-10-CM and CPT coding basics
- ▸Health Information Management (HIM) principles
- ▸HIPAA privacy and security regulations
- ▸Medical terminology
- ▸Release of information (ROI) processing
People & Mindset Skills
- ▸Attention to detail
- ▸Organizational skills
- ▸Discretion with confidential information
- ▸Written communication
- ▸Problem-solving
Learn the skills
Courses and certifications to get you job-ready
Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems (Epic, Cerner)
HIPAA privacy and security regulations
What you'll actually do
- 01Organize patient records in electronic systems that were designed by someone who hates usability
- 02Verify that medical documentation is complete, accurate, and doesn't contradict itself across three systems
- 03Process release-of-information requests from lawyers, insurance companies, and patients who want their records 'like, right now'
- 04Track down missing records by playing detective across departments that each think the other one has it
- 05Ensure HIPAA compliance because one mistake means fines that would make your eyes water
- 06Convert paper records into digital formats, one illegible doctor's note at a time
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