Health Information Associate – Medical Records – Mount Sinai Hospital – Part Time, 8AM-4PM (Weekends & Holidays)
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Health Information Associate – Medical Records – Mount Sinai Hospital – Part Time Days, 8AM-4PM (Weekends & Holidays)
The Health Information Associate is responsible for performing clerical duties in various units within the department. The primary functions include but are not limited to sorting and scanning loose reports, manual upload to the medical center’s imaged documents repository of documents scanned by outside vendors and the quality review of scanned images.
Responsibilities
1. Receives and accounts for records of discharge patients from all units (including inpatient, outpatient surgery) on a daily basis.
2. Reconciles receipt of loose work from all clinical areas within the hospital and reports to Supervisor issues regarding timely receipt.
3. Prepares records for scanning by grouping like document types together places in page and date order removes COLD fed documents from each record (i.e. transcribed reports, laboratory reports or radiology reports may be COLD depending on site) preparing all documents by removing staples, paper clips, sticky notes and rubber bands removes unapproved/denial forms for further review checks each patient record for poor originals and stamps with poor original stamp. In addition, copies all damaged documents so that they can go through the scanning process without difficulty removes all color graphs, photographs and other difficult to scan documents from patient record by ensuring that the patient name, encounter number and medical record number are documented on photograph cover sheet. Replaces aforementioned documents with photograph cover sheet. Places original documents in designated folder and in designated location for scanning and according to procedure.
4. Prepares batch by placing batch cover sheet on each batch and placing rubber band around batch. According to procedure, creates a batch for inpatient and outpatient record.
5. According to set procedure, prepares loose reports for scanning, in addition creates loose report batch of appropriate size.
6. Ensure optimal image results by keeping track of scanner maintenance. According to instructions maintains scanner on a weekly basis and provides general maintenance.
7. Retrieves records from scanning shelf and performs scanning process according to procedure and established timeframe
8. Verifies that each batch has been prepped appropriately, removes documents that cannot be scanned and removes staples, paperclips, decides which errors to correct and when to return work to be corrected.
9. Performs indexing process with accuracy by ensuring that each document is indexed to the correct patient/encounter and/or document type.
10. Assigns a batch label according to procedure.
11. Ensures the scanned medical records are an accurate reflection of the original paper medical record.
12. Ensure errors that occur during the scanning process are corrected.
13. Prepares “final” scanned documents for storage and maintains active/electronic log to facilitate quick retrieval and access of information.
14. Reviews assigned work queue(s) daily and ensures timely processing of all assignments in the queues.
15. Cross trains to perform all clerical functions within HIM
16. It is expected that all HIM employees will function as members of a team dedicated to provide the highest quality services to our clients by assisting in such functions as maintaining a safe clean and functional environment.
Qualifications
Education
High School Graduate or equivalent. Must be able to prepare reports and keep records.
Previous Experience
1 to 2 years clerical experience. Detail oriented and background in basic office procedures, good
computer skills and training required in (Windows/NT), Onbase.
Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with other members of HIM and
other hospital personnel.
Medical Terminology
Ability to set priorities, problem solve, use proper judgment in difficult situations and be flexible
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH
SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 183 – Medical Records – MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
Employer Description
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.
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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge developing safer, more effective treatments educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Reports Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Childrens Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
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Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $23.5796 – $25.928 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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