Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it.

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