HCR 210 Week 2 CheckPoint Records Administrators and Technicians

•         Resource: American Health Information Management Association Web sites:
Records Administrator competencies: http://www.ahima.org/certification/competency.rhit.asp#comp
Records Technician competencies: http://www.ahima.org/certification/documents/2006/2006_RHIAcomp_statements.pdf

•         Review the information at the Web sites above.

•         Explain in 250 to 300 words how the general duties for handling patient records differ between a records administrator (RHIA) and a records technician (RHIT).