HIM Specialist

Wellstar Health System, Inc.
Marietta, GA Part Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2024

Facility: Kennestone Hospital

Job Summary:

The HIM Specialist provides timely processing of the patient records. The HIM Specialist will be responsible for completing the prepping, scanning and indexing of patients' medical records into our Electronic Health Record (EHR), to include all hospitals departments and WellStar Medical Group practices. In addition, the HIM Specialist will be responsible for monitoring, and the management of HIM work queues, reviewing documents and the creation of indexes, abstracting, completion and submission of vital records information, and other duties associated with the accurate and timely completion of the legal medical record.

The HIM Specialist is responsible for reviewing documents and creating indexes. This allows the end user to locate documents quickly and easily for continuity of patient care, coding, billing, release of information, compliance and regulatory standards. This job requires strong problem-solving skills, decision making, research, analytical ability, and great attention to detail. The HIM Specialist must acquire and maintain comprehensive knowledge of the document types required to associate patient documents in the EHR to facilitate end user access and selection. This job requires extensive knowledge and proficiency of the EHR to designate the documents to the correct patient, encounter level, document type, physician and location.

Required Minimum Education:

  • High school diploma Required
  • Associate's Degree Education in HIM/HIT Preferred
  • Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years more years of experience in an acute care hospital with experience with HIM document management system. Required
  • Computer/data entry experience. Required
  • Epic and OnBase experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

  • Ability to communicate with various members of the healthcare team.
  • Ability to use EXCEL, Word and have basic computer operational knowledge.

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