Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information
 File records
 Use technology
 Schedule appointments
 Complete medical records forms
 Maintain accounting records
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information
 File records
 Alphabetical
 Numeric
 Alphanumeric
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information: file records
 Alphabetic
 Uses names
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individuals
businesses
institutions
government agencies
subjects
topics
geographic locations
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information: file records
 Alphabetic
 Files names on a unit-by-unit basis
 Each part of the name is considered a separate unit
 Each name must be compared letter by letter in
order to place the names in proper sequence
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information: file records
 Numeric
 Uses numbers in various combinations
 Straight-numeric, consecutive
 Duplex-numeric, two or more sets of numbers separated
by dashes, commas, periods or spaces
 Chronological uses numeric dates, year/month/date
 Terminal-digit, the last digit is
the primary unit
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information: file records
 Alphanumeric
 Uses a combination of names and numbers
 Once alphabetic divisions are made, number categories
are assigned
 Any number of combinations can be applied
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
 Communicate information
 Use technology
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information
 Schedule appointments
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information
 Complete medical records forms
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Communicate information
 Maintain accounting records
 Asset records
 Depreciation records
 Inventory records
 Records of accounts
 Cash records
 Payroll records
 Tax records
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Manage health information systems
 Combine the information systems used within a
healthcare agency
 Enable timely and accurate flow of information
 Organize information
within guidelines
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Health Informatics
Career Responsibilities
Manage health information systems
 Participate in the design of operational systems
 Evaluate operational systems
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Employment Opportunities in
Health Informatics
 Clinics
 Laboratories
 Home health facilities
 Legal offices
 Hospitals
 Physician offices
 Insurance companies
 Transcription services
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