Medical Records Officer

Maintaining the Patients Medical Records according to File Maintenance Procedure

• Collecting and sorting documents, scanning, and indexing medical records.
• Collect investigation reports from respective departments, arrange and mount them in appropriate records.
• Patient Records to arrange and file in appropriate location.
• Retrieve records and send files to requested departments.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information and prevent disclosure to unauthorized persons.
• Eliminate outdated, unnecessary records, dispose or transfer to inactive storage according to legal requirements and file maintenance guidelines.
• Enter document identification codes in systems for easy retrieval from respective location.
• Retrieve information from files as per the requests of authorized users.
• Keep records of documents using logbooks or computers.
• Documents to place in storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, drawers, as per classification and identification.
• Scan or read incoming documents as per classification and filed.
• Sort patient records according to content, purpose, user criteria, and chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
• Track removed documents from filing room to ensure borrowed files are returned.
• Perform general office as directed by the immediate supervisor
• Retrieve records and prepare file copies for requests from regulatory departments related to patient complaints.

High school/Diploma/Degree