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What are the main tasks for Medical records clerk?

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Question added by Nasser Khan , manager , Godrej Group
Date Posted: 2013/06/12

we can say that ,Receiving patient information request PIR from a variety of outpatient - inpatient locations and other department, providing all the details relating to the medical records, recording and documenting before sending it to the respective clinic or department.

- Providing medical records for clinics, physicians, doctors and nurses and other health professionals as requested.
- Helping to track medical records so that there is a clear record of where a record is and when it was tracked out of an office or department.
- Delivering records in a timely manner to the designated office or dept.
- Collecting all records which have been used and no longer needed and returning them to Medical Records Dept.
- Helping to keep records in good working order.

Sujith Sadasivan
by Sujith Sadasivan , Head of Quality Section (Quality Officer) , Erada Center for Treatment & Rehab

Medical Records Coordinator: Playing a key role by Efficiently run the Front office & medical records department.
Include dealing with Confidential patient charts, attaching daily incoming normal and abnormal labs to patient charts, sending certified letters, calling doctor’s offices for patient records, taking detailed messages of patients medical problems and distributing it to proper phone triage nurses, retrieved radiology/pathology reports and OP notes from Clinic database, collect lab results from Lab , data entry of patient info, outgoing/incoming mail/postage rates, outgoing/incoming faxes, copy medical records, perform multiple tasks for each doctor, answer switchboard  Responsible for daily clinic operations  Train new employees on practice protocols for medical records  Used computer skills to fix, upgrade and maintain office computers.
 Implemented papers into the appropriate patient charts.
 Worked the front desk and applied customer service skills, set appointments, and entered data entry into the system.
 Implemented papers into the appropriate patient charts, answered switchboard, sent out medical records to those who requested them, filed and pulled charts for appointments, entered Medications into database.
 Involved in the administration procedures for a patient’s admission.
 Carrying out tests, evaluations and also investigations.
 Carrying out administrative duties like updating and maintaining patient records.

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