Medical Record Incharge

Role & responsibilities

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Roles & Responsibilities of a Medical Record Technician in a Hospital

A Medical Record Technician (MRT) is responsible for maintaining, organizing, securing, and retrieving patients medical records while ensuring that documentation is accurate, complete, and confidential.

1. Medical Record Management

• Create and maintain patient medical records.
• Collect and organize medical documents from different hospital departments.
• File and retrieve records efficiently.
• Ensure records are complete, accurate, and properly arranged.
• Maintain both physical and electronic medical records.

2. Patient Registration & Identification

• Verify patient demographic and identification details.
• Create medical record numbers and maintain accurate patient identification.
• Avoid duplicate medical records.
• Update patient information when required.

3. Documentation & Data Entry

• Enter patient information accurately into the hospital information system.
• Check medical records for missing or incomplete documentation.
• Ensure reports, discharge summaries, investigation results, and treatment records are properly filed.
• Assist in maintaining standardized medical documentation.

4. Discharge Record Management

• Collect and organize records after patient discharge.
• Check discharge files for completeness.
• Coordinate with doctors and departments for missing documents.
• Prepare records for medical record review and coding, where applicable.

5. Medical Coding & Classification

• Assist with assigning appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes according to applicable coding standards and hospital policies.
• Review documentation to support accurate coding.
• Identify discrepancies and coordinate clarification with the concerned department.

6. Record Retrieval

• Retrieve medical records for doctors, nurses, departments, audits, insurance claims, and authorized requests.
• Track records issued to different departments.
• Ensure timely return and proper filing of records.

7. Confidentiality & Privacy

• Maintain strict confidentiality of patient information.
• Release medical records only to authorized persons according to hospital policy and applicable law.
• Protect records from unauthorized access, loss, damage, or alteration.

8. Statistics & Reporting

• Collect and compile hospital statistics such as:
• Admissions
• Discharges
• Deaths
• Length of stay
• Outpatient visits
• Bed occupancy
• Prepare routine medical-record reports for hospital management.
• Support data collection for audits and accreditation.

9. Quality & Audit

• Conduct medical record completeness checks.
• Identify missing signatures, reports, diagnoses, or other required documentation.
• Participate in medical record audits.
• Support quality improvement and hospital accreditation activities.

10. Coordination With Hospital Departments

• Coordinate with doctors, nursing staff, laboratory, radiology, billing, insurance, and other departments.
• Follow up on incomplete or missing documentation.
• Support smooth flow of patient information within the hospital.

11. Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

• Maintain electronic patient records accurately.
• Perform data entry and record updates in the hospital information system.
• Assist users with basic medical-record-related system issues.
• Follow appropriate access-control and data-security procedures.

12. Legal & Retention Responsibilities

• Maintain records according to hospital retention policies and applicable regulations.
• Ensure proper documentation for medico-legal cases.
• Preserve records required for legal, insurance, audit, or regulatory purposes.
• Assist with authorized release of records and medical information.

Preferred candidate profile

* Must have experience as MRD incharge.

* Preferring candidate with immediate joiner