health information technician

health information technician

a graduate of an associate degree program who performs tasks related to computer-based management of health care data.

health information technician

A technician who ensures the accuracy, completeness, coding, security, storage, and retrieval of health care-related data, esp. in medical records. The work may involve various aspects of health care (e.g., epidemiology, ethics, law, management, patient care, and research).
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It describes how the health care industry records, maintains, and shares patient health data, and the evolving role of the Registered Health Information Technician.
Foundations of Health Information Management, 4th Edition
The two organizations are exploring other areas for collaboration within the allied health-care industry, with discussions underway regarding the medical records and health information technician field.
CTE positioned to fill health-care job demands
In all types of facilities, the health information technician processes the knowledge and skills necessary to process, maintain, compile and report health information data for reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization management, quality assessment, and research; to abstract and code clinical data; and to analyze health records.
El Paso Community College (Texas) is proud to announce that health information technology student Almendra Calderon was chosen as the HIT Student of the Year in the state of Texas by the Texas Health Information Management Association
Nineteen American academics, practitioners, and consultants contribute 18 chapters to a text developed for associate degree programs in health information technology, to prepare students for the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification exam and future employment as an entry-level HIT professional.
Health information management technology; an applied approach, 3d ed. (CD-ROM included)
When accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) in cooperation with the American Health Information Management Association's Council on Accreditation, the Health Information Technology program prepares graduates to write the national accreditation examination for the Registered Health Information Technician.
2009 Mississippi Curriculum Framework: Postsecondary Health Information Technology. (Program CIP-51.0707-Medical Records Technology/Technician)
Regardless of whether the HIM employee is a registered health information technician (RHIT), a registered health information administrator (RHIA), or is simply non-credentialed, proper training on HIM policies and procedures, specific duties, and relevant regulations is necessary for the department to be effective and meet facility goals.
The importance of a Health Information Management department: HIM staff can expedite key audits for better reimbursement and quality
In health information, key information management personnel are credentialed health information managers with a certification as either a registered health information administrator (RHIA) or a registered health information technician (RHIT).
The electronic health record: what every information manager should know: records are a vital part of the patient care environment. Secure, accurate records are necessary, although increasingly challenging, as they migrate to an electronic environment
Horton (health information technology, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas) describes basic statistical computation methods for students in health information technician and health information administrator programs.
Calculating and reporting healthcare statistics
The occupation of cancer registrar is a specialty within the broader occupation of medical records and health information technician.
You're a what? Cancer registrar

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