Roles · Health care

AI health information specialist

Processes patient data and manages medical record indexes for the business.

Rawiri Fonoti“I enter data and maintain health record indexes.”An example character, not a real person.
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Health information specialist · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Enter data such as history and treatment into computer.
  2. Maintain health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems.
  3. Process patient admission or discharge documents.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Medical Records Specialists” (O*NET 29-2072.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.
  • Maintain or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
  • Process patient admission or discharge documents.

Health information specialist · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Epic Systems
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Henry Schein Dentrix

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits