HIM Specialist

The University of Kansas Health System • Kansas City, KS

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About The Position

The Health Information Management Specialist is responsible for learning and providing assistance to users of the electronic medical record system.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• 2 or more years of HIM experience.
• Prior experience with an electronic medical record (EMR), Epic EMR desirable.
• Must be accurate and detail oriented.
• Possess excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Must be highly organized, able to work independently and be team-oriented.
• Must have the initiative to continually improve technical skills.

Nice To Haves

• Associates Degree In Health Information Technology
• Bachelors Degree In Health Information Administration

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
• Demonstrates ability to provide care/service safely and efficiently for the care of each patient.
• Learns the HIM departmental systems in depth that support the electronic medical record (EMR) through a combination of formal and on-the-job training.
• Handles questions from users and responds in a timely manner.
• Re-enforces training to users.
• Acts as a liaison between Health Information Management and the UKH Healthcare Information Technical Services (HITS) Department for application design, testing, and issue resolution for implementations and post go-live support.
• Analyzes workflows and data collection. Audits internal processes. Reports issues needing resolution to Management and HITS.
• Assists with troubleshooting any EMR interface errors.
• Helps educate physicians on EMR processes and procedures relating to chart documentation and completion processes.
• Will perform other HIM Department duties/tasks associated with patient indexing, transcription processing, analysis, customer service or release of information (ROI).
• Responsible for a high standard of quality and quantity.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED