MRD Technician

1. Patient Record Management

• Maintains record of patient care by compiling, reviewing, and filing documentation of patient’s condition, treatment, and health outcome.
• Maintains medical records operations by following policies and procedures; reporting needed changes.
• Initiates medical record by searching master patient index; identifying existing patient records or need to assign a new number; interacting with registration areas and physician’s offices for information verification; processing or creating the record folder.
• Ensures medical record availability by routing records to admissions and emergency departments, physicians, and other authorized hospital staff; maintaining chart location systems.
• Completes medical record by reviewing information; notifying health care providers of record deficiencies; tracking outstanding records.
• Resolves medical record discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information and making necessary corrections.

2. Medical Data Coding

• Maintains historical reference by abstracting and coding clinical data, such as diseases, operations, procedures, and therapies, using standard classification systems; filing documents.
• Consult classification manuals to locate information about disease processes.

3. Privacy & Legal Compliance

• Maintains the stability and reputation of the hospital by complying with legal requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential; following release-of-information protocols.
• Releases information to persons or agencies according to regulations.

4. Reporting & Statistics

• Prepares statistical reports by collecting and summarizing medical care and census information, surgery performed, and use of hospital beds.
• Prepares narrative reports or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for hospital staff or researchers.
• Compiles census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.

5. Information Requests & Department Oversight

• Provides medical record information by answering questions and requests from patients, staff, courts, insurance companies, and government agencies.
• Resolves or clarifies codes or diagnoses with missing or unclear information by consulting with doctors or participating in team meetings.
• Retrieves patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
• Plans, develops, or operates record indexes or systems to collect, store, or analyze health information.
• Compiles and maintains patient medical records to support treatment documentation, research, or care improvement.
• Manages the medical record department or supervises clerical staff.
• Develops in-service educational materials.

Education - Diploma in Medical Records Technology

Experience - 1 - 5 years

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹28,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person