Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
2. 02Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.
3. 03Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.
4. 04Develop in-service educational materials.
5. 05Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.
6. 06Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.
7. 07Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.
8. 08Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.
9. 09Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.
10. 10Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
11. 11Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.
12. 12Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.

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