Medical Record Management

Medical Record management is the part of records management that relates to the operation of a healthcare practice. It is the field of management that is responsible for all records throughout their lifecycle from creation, receipt, maintenance, and use to disposal.

Medical Record Management is information management applied to health and health care. It is the practice of acquiring, analyzing and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care. This program is designed to teach students how the record keeping practices in a hospital/physician’s office are kept. Focus is placed on hospital and medical staff organization, patient record content, procedures in filing, numbering and retention of patient records, qualitative analysis, release of information, forms control and design, indexes and registers, reimbursements, regulatory and accrediting agencies, and alternate health care delivery systems.

Designed to study the record keeping practices in the hospital and physician’s office. Emphasis is placed on hospital and medical staff organization, patient record content, procedures in filing, numbering and retention of patient records, qualitative analysis, release of information, forms control and design, indexes and registers, reimbursements, regulatory and accrediting agencies, and alternate health care delivery systems.

• Professional standards and regulations
• Privacy, confidentiality and security
• Records management
• Information systems
• Data management and analysis
• Ethics and professionalism
• Organizational behaviour in health care
• Managing privacy and security
• Quality assurance
• And more

Graduates may find employment in a variety of care settings including:
• Health Record/Information Technician
• Coding Specialist
• Release of Information Specialist
• Health Record/Information Administrator
• Data Analyst
• Data Quality Specialist