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Being a Medical Records/ Health Information Clerk

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Assembly   Arranging the documents of the medical record in a specified order after the discharge of the patient.  
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Authorization   A signed consent of the patient or his or her representative to release confidential information.  
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Compromise care   To make the patients care less effective.  
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Contract service   A company hired to perform a function when the health information management department is unable to manage the amount of work, such as transcription of dictation.  
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Discharge summary   A report, dictated by the physician at the end of hospitalization, that details the diagnoses and treatment given.  
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Health information management department   The department, in a healthcare facility, responsible for maintaining security and confidentiality of patient records and for promoting responsible use of the records in a patient care.  
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Indexing   Assigning a document to the correct patient, document type, and episode of care in an optical imaging system.  
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Loose documents   Documents received by the health information management department, after the patient has been discharged, that must be places in the record.  
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Medical record   A multiform document detailing the patient's diagnoses, diagnostic testing, and treatment given during an encounter with the hospital. Portions of the record may be computerized.  
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Medical transcription   Interpretation and typing of reports dictated by physicians and other healthcare personnel.  
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Misfile   To file a record or document in the wrong location.  
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Operative report   A report dictated by the surgeon detailing the surgical procedure and findings.  
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Optical imaging system   A computer system in which documents are converted to computer images that can be viewed simultaneously by multiple users.  
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Quality control   Review of documents that have been scanned into an optical imaging system to ensure that they are legible and have been indexed correctly.  
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Scanning   The process of converting a paper document into a computer image.  
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