Health Information Technician - Veterinary Teaching Hospital
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign•Urbana, IL
•Onsite
About The Position
Working under general supervision of higher-level personnel, the Health Information Technician performs a variety of technical tasks to support the management of health information and data integrity within an electronic system in addition to management of paper medical records.
Requirements
- Any one or combination totaling eighteen months (18 months) from the categories below: coursework in a health-related field, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent: 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months) 60 semester hours or an Associate’s degree equals eighteen months (18 months) work experience in the preparation and/or maintenance of medical records in a health care facility or program.
- Based on institutional requirements, a current/valid registration and certification as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) and/or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize tasks appropriately.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Access, and Word.
Responsibilities
- Requests, receives, and processes health information (including diagnostic images) within the electronic system, validates and processes release of health information requests of both paper and electronic health system.
- Assembles, files, and reviews health information system and documents for completeness and enters medical record information into the hospital information system, including uploading medical record items (including images) into the hospital information system.
- Updates client, patient, and referring veterinary information within the hospital information system.
- Retrieves and maintains records per established policies.
- Retrieve records for routine use and special projects as needed.
- Retrieve and reactivate medical records from microfilm.
- Purge records as necessary under the guidance of supervisor.
- Provides deficiency reports to clinicians.
- Answers routine medical record and health information system questions per established policy and procedures.
Benefits
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Paid time off
- Tuition waivers for employees and dependents
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
