Health Information Management Officer
Primary Health Care Corporation
Total years of experience :26 years, 11 Months
PHCC recruit me for the project implementation of the Electronic Medical Records.
Set standards to convert the paper medical records to EHR.
Implement CERNER applications in the Health Centres.
Convert the health data in the meaningful Use.
Implement coding activities in the Primary Health Care Centre.
Participate quality improvement projects for the purpose of continuous documentation improvement and work with the physician group to facilitate effective resolution to coding related issues.
Perform quality check of coded records and ensure the codes are assigned as the highest specificity.
Audit random records on monthly basis and ensure the records are complete and meet the HAAD requirements.
o Participate quality improvement projects for the purpose of continuous documentation improvement and work with the physician group to facilitate effective resolution to coding related issues.
Perform quality check of coded records and ensure the codes are assigned as the highest specificity.
Audit random records on monthly basis and ensure the records are complete and meet the HAAD requirements
Develop forms for physician documentation, for proper assignment of E/M Code
Supervision of clinical coders,
Auditing for coding accuracy and to ensure the compliance with CCSC coding standards.
Compiling diagnostic statistics & Vital statistics.
Since the institution was new I had the opportunity to establish the department, Develop policies, procedures and recruitment of staff.
Over the period of 6 years service the department was fully operational with all medical records functions and many training programs were conducted in house to train the staff.
Functioned as co-ordinator to run a two-year Diploma course in Medical Records with the affiliation to Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi.
Lead the hospital for Medical council of India accreditation for conducting various courses in the hospital & contributed in developing electronic medical record.
Conduct the Annual National Medical Record Conference called MEDRECON-2005 at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry in the year 2005 with hold the position of Organizing Secretary.
Standardize the medical record forms and re structured the filing section to ensure missing records and initiated on computerizing medical records.
Overall supervision of medical records department apart from direct involvement in Clinical Coding, Data collection, Compiling and reporting of Administrative monitors, Morbidity & Mortality Statistics and handling Medico legal cases.
Supervision of clinical coders,
Auditing for coding accuracy and to ensure the compliance with CCSC coding standards.
Compiling diagnostic statistics & Vital statistics.
Assisting the Medical Records Manager in administrative work.
Contributed in establishing the centralized admission office during the Cerner Millennium implementation
Since the institution was new I had the opportunity to establish the department, Develop policies, procedures and recruitment of staff.
Over the period of 6 years service the department was fully operational with all medical records functions and many training programs were conducted in house to train the staff.
Functioned as co-ordinator to run a two-year Diploma course in Medical Records with the affiliation to Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), New Delhi.
Lead the hospital for Medical council of India accreditation for conducting various courses in the hospital & contributed in developing electronic medical record.
Conduct the Annual National Medical Record Conference called MEDRECON-2005 at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry in the year 2005 with hold the position of Organizing Secretary.
Medical record Supervisor, Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai, India
(June 1997 - February 2002) Madras Medical Mission Hospital is one of the well known Institute for “Heart care” specialty and Teaching.
Nature of work: Worked as In-charge of Medical Records department. During this period contributed for establishing a coding section and maintaining a diagnostic data base based on ICD-10 and ICPM. Hospital statistics. Many developments were achieved through initiation of Medical Record Committee meetings.
Achievements: Standardize the medical record forms and re structured the filing section to ensure missing records and initiated on computerizing medical records.
I was sponsored for University degree program in Medical records Science, (B.M.R.Sc) at “Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research”, Central Government of India, Pondicherry.
I was the best outgoing of the year.
Mastery level in Coding.
Basically the course designed for to teach the Medical Record Students. Advance level in coding and Teaching Methodology paper make the students well versed in Health Information Department and able to train and teach the beginners.
Medical Record Science, Health Statistics, Coding are all major subjects. Direct practice in the Health Information Management Department for one year
