Director of Medical Records

Directs and coordinates all Medical Records activities to include planning and developing medical record retention, preservation and retrieval systems in accordance with hospital goals, and oversees and updates the hospital on all legal, medical, local and financial regulations to ensure compliance. Establishes appropriate methodology for classifying and indexing systems best suited to the hospital's needs and develops, promulgates and revises Medical Records goals, procedures and guidelines. Directs the analysis of records utilization and designs systems improving their usefulness; develops standards for the retention of records to assure confidentiality and availability. Supervises personnel engaged in the collection, analysis, coding, maintenance, and retrieval of medical records; support health care activities by participating in various hospital committees. Responsible for department's budget, supplies, and personnel.