Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS)

New Horizons Knoxville is now offering training, certification and job placement in the area of electronic health records. The Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist Program prepares you for an administrative career in the healthcare industry. The program focuses on various healthcare information management subjects such as: integration of technology into healthcare, EHR, compliance with clinical standards, basic concepts in health data management, proper database management in a healthcare setting, privacy, confidentiality, and security with electronic health record and health information management, electronic means of communications with patients, and use of mobile and wireless communication in healthcare. As a student in the Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist Program, you will receive training to prepare you certification: Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS).

Summary of Electronic Health Records (EHR)

 Managing information, once a daunting task, is now the current trend. Access to health information is changing the ways doctors care for their patients. Doctors now have access to a patient’s medical history, surgeries, allergies to medicines, and recent doctor’s visits all at the press of a button. This recent technology that intertwines health information from a variety of sources is known as an electronic health record. An electronic health record (EHR) is a computerized lifelong health care record with data from all sources.

Every encounter an individual has with the health care system is documented. Lab tests, prescriptions, and trips to the emergency room are all a part of that individual’s health care. The accuracy of that individual’s health document is extremely important. Whether in the clinical or administrative field of the allied healthcare system, every member is expected to know how to input information into an electronic health record. This surge of new technology will open many opportunities in the growing allied health care field. Some of these new positions will include: a clinical analyst, health information technician, and a records and information coordinator.

As with many other fields, individuals with certification generally have an easier time finding employment. They typically earn higher salaries and indicate that the individual has met standards of the certifying institution.

EHR Specialist’s duties will vary with size and specialty of the facility in which they may work. Many can specialize in varying areas or one aspect of the EHR such as entry level coders, encoding within a hospital setting, abstractors and or coding specialist, HIPAA Compliance Officers or HIM (Health Information Managers) and be over entire departments within larger healthcare facilities. The duties an electronic health records specialist may perform include but not necessarily be limited to:

1. Assemble patient’s health information to ensure information is complete and accurate
   Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures and treatment into computer
2. Statistical and Data Analysis for Quality Improvement Measures
3. Assist with special studies and research for public health agencies
4. Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, and use of hospital beds for clinical audits.
5. Manage data backup, retention of records as well as maintain a variety of health record indexes, storage and retrieval systems.
6. Work National Database Registries as a registrar, Contacts discharged patients, their families, and physicians to maintain registry with follow-up information, such as quality of life and length of survival of cancer patients.
7. Work with department managers to review policies and develops new workflows for EHR, coordinates training resources and provides on-going end user training.
8. Assist with the daily operations of the office. Duties may include answering the phone, inputting notes from patient’s charts, scheduling appointments and general reception area duties.

Target Jobs for Program Graduates

• Physician office laboratories
• Reference laboratories
• Urgent care centers
• Nursing home facilities
• Wellness clinics
• Hospitals

Course

• Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist

Industry Certifications (exam fees NOT included in package)

• Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist $105

Career Services

We offer job placement assistance, guaranteed interviews, a professional resume and cover letter, and interview coaching. More Information

Program Length/Tuition

128 hours, $4,500