Medical Records Manager
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Medical Records Manager
By: Samantha Romaine
Denver Health is known as Colorado’s “safety net”. The hospital provides care for the billions of uninsured people in the state. Records show that five percent or approximately 150,000 individuals receive their health care at Denver Health. The hospital its self is over 1.5 million square feet with more than 477 beds. The services Denver Health offer is childbirth, pediatrics, eating disorders, emergency medicine, infectious disease, neurosurgery, along with many more. I was given the opportunity to interview one of there most valuable employees, Mrs. Megan Nelson. She was able to sit down with me and discuss Denver Health over webcam. We talked about her daily routine and what it took for her to be where she is today. It was not only informative to me but also a motivator which I’m sure I will remember through out my journey to becoming part of health care information technology. Not only are there many aspects to health care, but there are tons of moving pieces that make everything possible. Not only do you have to be able to perform your own job, but you must to some extend understand what it takes to perform others around you as well. In anything that you do in your career you should always strive to be the best at what you do. Mrs. Nelson not only confirmed that for me and showed me that through hard work and dedication you can be the best at whatever you do. Mrs. Nelson described to me the systems that are used, who use which systems and the security that is used to keep the patient records safe and secure.
I would first like to describe in detail what her job is and how she got where she is today. I asked her what he job title is and her response was medical records manager. I had done some research on the career and was extremely interested in the profession. A medical records manager is responsible for so much. Anything from maintaining accurate records of patients’ medical histories, past treatments,...
By: Samantha Romaine
Denver Health is known as Colorado’s “safety net”. The hospital provides care for the billions of uninsured people in the state. Records show that five percent or approximately 150,000 individuals receive their health care at Denver Health. The hospital its self is over 1.5 million square feet with more than 477 beds. The services Denver Health offer is childbirth, pediatrics, eating disorders, emergency medicine, infectious disease, neurosurgery, along with many more. I was given the opportunity to interview one of there most valuable employees, Mrs. Megan Nelson. She was able to sit down with me and discuss Denver Health over webcam. We talked about her daily routine and what it took for her to be where she is today. It was not only informative to me but also a motivator which I’m sure I will remember through out my journey to becoming part of health care information technology. Not only are there many aspects to health care, but there are tons of moving pieces that make everything possible. Not only do you have to be able to perform your own job, but you must to some extend understand what it takes to perform others around you as well. In anything that you do in your career you should always strive to be the best at what you do. Mrs. Nelson not only confirmed that for me and showed me that through hard work and dedication you can be the best at whatever you do. Mrs. Nelson described to me the systems that are used, who use which systems and the security that is used to keep the patient records safe and secure.
I would first like to describe in detail what her job is and how she got where she is today. I asked her what he job title is and her response was medical records manager. I had done some research on the career and was extremely interested in the profession. A medical records manager is responsible for so much. Anything from maintaining accurate records of patients’ medical histories, past treatments,...