Medical Records and Health Information Technicians (29-2071)

Occupation description:  Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health care system. Process, maintain, compile, and report patient information for health requirements and standards in a manner consistent with the healthcare industrys numerical coding system. Excludes File Clerks (43-4071).

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Wages

Wage data is not available.

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
610	54	8.9	41.4	30.3

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	145
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	48
UI claimants previously working in occupation	34

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	681
Number of job position postings	125
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	5.4

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Training Resources