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AI registered health information technician (RHIT)

Processes patient data and maintains medical records in electronic formats for businesses.

Noor Vaifale“I enter patient data and maintain medical record indexes.”An example character, not a real person.
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Registered health information technician (RHIT) · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.
  2. Enter data such as history and disease into computer.
  3. Maintain health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems.
Where these come from

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

  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.
  • 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.

Registered health information technician (RHIT) · 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