Electronic Medical Record Management

Instructional Program (CIP)

Description

Access to health information is changing the ways doctors care for patients. With the nation’s healthcare system moving to the electronic medical record, numerous employment opportunities exist for medical assistants, health information systems staff, patient registration professionals and other related positions. Healthcare professionals with the ability to understand, update and maintain the electronic health record are in great demand.

This Electronic Health Record (EH R) Management program prepares students to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. Course reviews the implementation and management of electronic health information using common electronic data interchange systems and maintaining the medical, legal, accreditation and regulatory requirements of the electronic health record. This course covers the following key areas and topics:

• Importance of the medical record as a legal document

• The effect of confidential communication laws on the release of medical information and HIPAA

• Provides a “real life” EH R experience using Medcin software to perform health information tasks

• Skills required to use EH R to manage patient visit information including the examination, assessment

notes and treatment plans.

• Importance of data accuracy, consistency, completeness, and security of information

• Basic code set principles and their applications with an emphasis on the ambulatory/outpatient setting and an introduction to inpatient medical records.

• Students who complete this comprehensive course would be prepared to sit for the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) exam.

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