Health Records Management Program

If you want to play a key role in health care WITHOUT a degree in medicine, this is your opportunity. Health records is one of today's fastest growing health care careers. Every time a patient visits a doctor's office, clinic, hospital or emergency facility, a record is made of the observations, lab tests, diagnoses, procedures and treatments received. Health Records Management specialists review the accuracy of the information, obtain additional information from the appropriate source, process it and file it.

Our comprehensive distance education program begins with basic medical terminology and steps to organize the patient chart. Next, you'll learn about applying specific compliance procedures as a result of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); working with health insurance carriers and claims; and using electronic medical records systems in hospitals and physician offices. Then, you'll discover how to collect, assemble and file the contents of the medical record; how to analyze records for proper physician notations; and how to correct files.