How do they match: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

  • Health Information Systems Technician

  • Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases.

  • Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.
  • Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
  • Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.
  • Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.
  • 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.

  • Manage healthcare operations.
  • Classify materials according to standard systems.
  • Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems.
  • Develop procedures for data management.
  • Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
  • Test computer hardware performance.