MR 102 - Lab for MR 101

Credit Hours: 1

Basic experience in a simulated medical record /health information management department. Ethics, assembly, analysis, abstracting , numbering, filing and retrieval systems and electronic health record will be introduced.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

assemble the contents of the medical record;
file medical records in terminal digit sequence;
analyze the medical record and identify the deficiencies in documentation;
complete a Master Patient Index manual/computerized for patient records and admitting office files;
cite examples of storage and retention systems;
design and complete medical record abstract(s);
review and interpret patient indexes and registers;
utilize current medical record software for chart tracking, deficiency reporting, and abstracting of identification data;
write a policy and procedure for a particular function in the medical record department;
develop a floor plan for our medical record department, incorporate a new filing system and show the flow of health information;
design a form for a particular function in the medical record department; and
participate in roll playing of ethical scenarios.

Corequisites: MR 101
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