Document Imaging Technician

The Health Information Management Document Imaging Technician II is responsible for efficiently and accurately prepping, and/or indexing and quality checking documents from multiple hospitals into the document imaging system

Prepping duties include:

• Meets with the courier to receive and account for all boxes delivered

• Unpacks all boxes, and sorts and measures the medical record according to established procedures

• Prepares medical record documents prior to scanning, according to policies and procedures which includes, but is not limited to:

o Remove staples

o Repair tears

o Remove duplicate copies

o Remove electronically fed documents with no handwriting on them

o Places EKG Leader Sheet to ensure correct orientation of the documents.

o Placing like forms in reverse chronological order

o Ensure patient identifiers are present on all pages including front and back

o Ensure all documents belong to the same patient/account

Indexing duties include:

• Indexes each medical record document in the HPF system which includes, but is not limited to:

o Verifies that images are correct and legible

o Ensures that each scanned document is associated to the appropriate patient

o Ensures that each scanned document is associated to the appropriate patient account

o Ensures that each scanned document is associated to the appropriate document type

• Scans documents according to policies and procedures on an “as-needed” basis

General duties:

• Maintains or exceeds established quality standards

• Maintains or exceeds established productivity standards

• Participates at regular intervals in quality audits as designated by

• Works effectively as part of a team atmosphere to perform duties and achieve daily operational goals

• Other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Organization

• Communication - communicates clearly, proactively and concisely

• Critical Thinking

• Customer orientation

• Policies & Procedures - articulates knowledge and understanding of organizational P&Ps

• PC skills – demonstrates proficiency in keyboard operations, Microsoft Office applications and others as required

• Quality Orientation – accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how smal

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• 1 year experience in an office environment preferred. Prior medical record experience strongly preferred.