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medical records technician
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A Medical Records Technician maintains a record of patient care by compiling, reviewing, and filing documentation of a patient's condition, treatment, and health outcome. Their role is to maintains medical records operations by following policies and procedures, reports on needed changes, and identify existing patient records. Their responsibilities are interacting with registration areas and physician's offices, creating the record folder, ensuring medical record availability by routing records to admissions, physicians and other authorized hospital staff, maintaining chart location systems, completing medical records by reviewing information, notifying health care providers of record defi...

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Avg Pay: $39K
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Avg Pay: $37K
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  • Associate Degree
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    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Exercise Science
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$29,136Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Physics Education
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,739Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in General Studies
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    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in Liberal Arts
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    Avg. Duration:32 monthsAvg. Fees:$30,610Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Medical Records Technician and Other Important Info

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7.7 years
$38K
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3.11 years
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