HIM Technician
Adventist Health Tillamook is located in Tillamook, OR.
About Us
Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of more than 38,000 includes employees, physicians, Medical Staff, and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.
About the Role
Prepares medical records for scanning efficiency according to established procedures, guidelines, and productivity standards. Retrieves and files old paper records required for patient care, assists with release of information services. Interviews mothers for birth certificate information and enters the information into the electronic birth certificate system. Reviews upended transcription queues and releases to PowerChart.
Responsibilities
- Retrieves and reconciles all medical records from all nursing units and prepares the medical records for efficient scanning.
- Follows procedures for scanning documents, removes difficult-to-scan documents, checks patient record for poor quality, and notifies nursing unit of missing records.
- Interviews mothers for birth certificate information and enters information into the electronic birth certificate system.
- Sends completed birth certificates to county and processes fetal death certificates, responds to customer inquiries regarding certificates, and updates supervisor on information.
- Ensures scanning equipment is in optimal working condition. Scans documents, reviews images, and verifies quality. Completes scanning process and forwards to Quality Review.
- Files paper records and pulls charts for patient care, ensuring that they are tracked properly in chart tracking software. Retrieves charts from permanent files and off-site storage, keeps file room neat, and assists in purging of records by storage vendor.
- Assists physicians with inquiries regarding chart deficiencies in accordance with pertinent rules. Conducts chart audits, assists in deficiency analysis, resolves issues related to dictation, responds to inquiries for assistance by users of the document imaging software and transcripts.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School Education/GED or equivalent: Required
- Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Preferred
Pay
The estimated base pay for this position is $17.99 to $23.47 per hour. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.
Schedule
- Full-time, Day Shift
- 8-hour shifts