Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Specific duties and responsibilities regularly performed in this occupation.

• Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.—
• Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.—
• Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.—
• Develop in-service educational materials.—
• Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.—
• Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.—
• Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.—
• Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.—
• Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.—
• Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.—
• Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.—
• Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.—

Developed capacities that facilitate learning or the more rapid acquisition of knowledge.

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Organized sets of principles and facts that apply in general domains.

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Enduring attributes of the individual that influence performance.

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General types of job behaviors occurring on multiple jobs.

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Personal characteristics that can affect how well someone performs a job.

• Attention to Detail92

  A tendency to be detail-oriented, organized, and thorough in completing work.

• Dependability88

  A tendency to be reliable, responsible, and consistent in meeting work-related obligations.

• Integrity84

  A tendency to be honest and ethical at work.

• Cautiousness76

  A tendency to be careful, deliberate, and risk-avoidant when making work-related decisions or doing work.

• Intellectual Curiosity66

  A tendency to seek out and acquire new work-related knowledge and obtain a deep understanding of work-related subjects.

• Cooperation64

  A tendency to be pleasant, helpful, and willing to assist others at work.

• Achievement Orientation58

  A tendency to establish and maintain personally challenging work-related goals, set high work-related standards, and exert high effort toward meeting those goals and standards.

• Adaptability55

  A tendency to be open to and comfortable with change, new experiences, or ideas at work.

• Initiative50

  A tendency to be proactive and take on extra responsibilities and tasks that may fall outside of one's required work role.

• Stress Tolerance50

  A tendency to cope and function effectively in stressful situations at work.

• Innovation49

  A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.

• Perseverance49

  A tendency to exhibit determination and resolve to perform or complete tasks in the face of difficult circumstances or obstacles at work.

Holland's six occupational interest types (RIASEC) this work tends to attract.

• Conventional83

  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

• Investigative70

  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

• Social47

  Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

• Realistic26

  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

• Enterprising20

  Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

• Artistic3

  Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Physical and social factors that influence the nature of work.

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Education levels O*NET survey respondents in this occupation most often reported having.

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Specific software and technology tools commonly used on the job.

• Medical software

  eClinicalWorks EHR software, Epic Systems, Henry Schein Dentrix, MEDITECH software

• Desktop communications software

  Eko

• Data base user interface and query software

  Encoded archival system EAD, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Structured query language SQL

• Document management software

  Hyland Software OnBase, IDX Systems Patient Chart Tracking, SoftMed ChartLocater, SoftMed ChartReserve

• Categorization or classification software

  3M Encoder, American Medical Association CodeManager, Computerized indexing systems, DRG grouping software

• Voice recognition software

  Cyber Records MediChart Express, ScanSoft Naturally Speaking, Speech recognition software, Voice dictation software

• Business intelligence and data analysis software

  IBM Cognos Impromptu, MicroStrategy, Qlik Tech QlikView, Tableau

• Analytical or scientific software

  IBM SPSS Statistics, Minitab, SAS, StataCorp Stata

• Electronic mail software

  Email software, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook

• Accounting software

  NDCMedisoft, QMSoftware Receivables Management, Siemens Soarian Financials

• Data base reporting software

  Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS, SAP Crystal Reports, SoftMed ChartRelease

• Calendar and scheduling software

  MD Synergy Medical Appointment Scheduling, Scheduling software, Siemens Soarian Scheduling

• Spreadsheet software

  IBM Lotus 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel

• Development environment software

  Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript

• Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  Microsoft Dynamics, SAP Business Objects

• Office suite software

  Corel WordPerfect Office Suite, Microsoft Office software

• Metadata management software

  Quest Erwin Data Modeler

• Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

  Scantron imaging software

• Expert system software

  Information Resource Products Clinical Coding Expert

• Graphics or photo imaging software

  Graphics software

• Enterprise application integration software

  IBM InfoSphere DataStage

• Operating system software

  Microsoft Windows

• Word processing software

  Microsoft Word

• Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software

  Virtual private networking VPN software

• Data base management system software

  Teradata Database

• Transaction security and virus protection software

  Encoder software

• Object or component oriented development software

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• Internet browser software

  Web browser software

• Presentation software

  Microsoft PowerPoint

• Project management software

  Microsoft Project

• Billing and invoicing software

  Billing software

• Process mapping and design software

  Microsoft Visio

• Information retrieval or search software

  Coding database software

Organizations related to this occupation, such as industry and licensing bodies.

• American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management
• American Medical Informatics Association
• American Nursing Informatics Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Telemedicine Association
• Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
• Association for Information Science and Technology
• Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services
• Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems
• Australasian Institute of Digital Health
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• International Federation of Health Information Management Associations
• International Society for Quality in Health Care
• Medical Billing and Coding
• Medical Group Management Association
• National Cancer Registrars Association
• National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants
• Southern Medical Association
• New England Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• AAPC
• American Health Information Management Association
• Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists
• Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors
• Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education
• National Healthcareer Association
• Professional Association of Health Care Office Management

Occupations that call for similar work and worker requirements.

• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
• Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians and statisticians
• Computer Systems Analysts
• Miscellaneous Health Technologists and Technicians
• Computer occupations, all other
• Statistical Assistants
• Computer Systems Analysts
• Database Administrators
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Administrative Services Managers
• Management Analysts
• Medical and Health Services Managers
• Registered Nurses
• Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians and statisticians
• Compliance Officers
• Database Administrators
• Operations Research Analysts
• Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

More specific, granular versions of the Work Activities above.

• Code data or other information.
• Classify materials according to standard systems.
• Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
• Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems.
• Create databases to store electronic data.
• Develop procedures for data management.
• Evaluate applicable laws and regulations to determine impact on organizational activities.
• Gather medical information from patient histories.
• Maintain medical facility records.
• Maintain security.
• Manage healthcare operations.
• Market products, services, or events.

Registered apprenticeship program titles associated with this occupation.

• Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
• Health Information Technologist (Nof)
• Tumor Registrar