Electronic Health Records Specialist

The Electronic Health Records Specialist Micro-Credential will prepare students for the Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS) credential.

Through the completion of two courses – HCMT 1005C: Intro to Health Information, and HCMT 2015: Healthcare Applications – students will be eligible to sit for the CEHRS credential and earn credits that will ladder to the Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Systems degree program offered by the University of Cincinnati Clermont College.

Electronic health records are portable records of a patient's healthcare experience. This responsibility helps doctors see and treat patients more efficiently and may help reduce errors in medical procedures and their documentation. Electronic health records specialists focus on the electronic documentation of the patient's care and condition.

Common job activities may include:

• Auditing patient records for compliance
• Abstracting clinical information for reports
• Performing basic coding to submit reimbursement claims
• Processing Release of Information (ROI) requests for medical records
• Reviewing patient demographic and insurance information
• Discussing patient information with physicians and insurance professionals

For our graduate programs, we welcome applications from students who hold a bachelor's degree (or higher) from a college or university accredited by a regional or general accrediting agency, and have at least a B average in undergraduate course work (or otherwise give evidence of promise that is judged satisfactory by the admitting program).

This Micro-Credential provides preparation for an industry-recognized credential. In order to sit for the Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS) examination, candidates must hold a high school diploma or GED and have completed a training program at an accredited or state-recognized institution or provider. This micro-credential can serve current AAS in HIS students at UC Clermont or new students who want to enter the health information career field by completing short-term training that leads to an industry-recognized credential.

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