Health Information Scanning & EHR Entry Specialist

SSM Health; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO is seeking a detail-oriented professional to manage patient information workflow. You will support the electronic health record by requesting, receiving, preparing, and digitizing documents.

Daily tasks include scanning, indexing, quality checks, and accurate data entry to ensure patient safety. This is a regular day shift with a 40-hour work week supporting hospital HIM operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or 10 years of work experience.
• 1 year of related experience in health information or document handling.
• Ability to accurately enter data into electronic health records.

Responsibilities

• Preps, scans and indexes documents into electronic health record under the appropriate document types utilizing tools provided.
• Provides a detailed analysis of the scanned documents in the queue to ensure all information has been scanned appropriately, is clear and without inaccuracies, possesses the correct patient identification, and is scanned to the correct document type in line with our commitment to patient safety.
• Perform quality assurance audits on scanned documents in order to ensure accuracy.
• Performs priority scanning upon receipt utilizing appropriate Integrated Scanning method.
• Analyzes personal health information (PHI) documents to determine if scanning is necessary and then selects the document type/scanning protocol to use.
• Uploads and/or imports documents and enters information into the electronic health record.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data entry

Attention to detail

EHR systems

Education

High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

Tools

Electronic Health Record (EHR) software

Job description

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO is seeking a detail-oriented professional to manage patient information workflow. You will support the electronic health record by requesting, receiving, preparing, and digitizing documents.

Daily tasks include scanning, indexing, quality checks, and accurate data entry to ensure patient safety. This is a regular day shift with a 40-hour work week supporting hospital HIM operations.