Patient Registration Certificate

What is Patient Registration?

Patient registration is a method in which essential patient information is collected and recorded prior to receiving healthcare services at a facility to be used for numerous reasons, including:

• Patient identification
• Medical history
• Insurance verification
• Billing and reimbursement
• A patient registration specialist is a healthcare professional responsible for completing the patient registration process. They typically work in healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, urgent care, emergency rooms, clinics, and doctor's offices. 

Attention to detail is extremely important, as patient registration must be accurate in order to ensure quality healthcare and efficient financial operations are provided to the correct patient.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply legal principles, policies, regulations, and standards for the control and use of health information.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of health records.
• Code, classify, and index diagnoses and procedures for the purpose of reimbursement, standardization, retrieval, and statistical analysis.
• Abstract health records for department indices, databases, and registries.
• Perform functions related to collection, storage, and retrieval of healthcare data; query databases to retrieve information.
• Collect, compute, analyze, interpret, and present statistical data related to healthcare services.
• Develop, implement, and monitor procedures to ensure healthcare data integrity.
• Apply quality improvement tools and techniques to improve departmental processes.
• Interpret and apply laws, statutes, licensure, and accreditation standards affecting.

Potential Occupations

• Health Data/EHR Analyst
• Clinical Coding Specialist
• Records Technician/Specialist
• Insurance Claims Analyst
• Physician Practice Manager
• Department Manager
• Patient Information Coordinator

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