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O*NET 29-9021.00: Health Information Technologists and Medical RegistrarsMedian pay $68,020/year (BLS, May 2025)16 tasksJob Zone 3: Medium preparation

Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases.

Type your own title and every prompt on this page updates to match. Also called: Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records Director.

Where AI fits in this job

AI-ready 19%AI-assist 62%Stays human 19%

Share of the job's tasks, weighted by how important and how frequent each task is (O*NET ratings). 3 AI-ready, 10 AI-assist and 3 human-led tasks out of 16. This measures where AI can help, not whether the job will disappear.

Shape of the job: importance of each kind of work activity (O*NET, 1 to 5).

🔒 Many of these tasks involve people's information. Remove names and identifying details before using AI, or use only a tool your employer has approved.

AI can draft these 3

AI produces a usable first pass. You review it, fix it and own it.

Develop in-service educational materials.

AI turns complex material into plain-language handouts.

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AI is great at turning complicated material into plain-language guides, handouts, FAQs and how-tos for a specific audience. You check it's accurate.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to develop in-service educational materials.

Context: We use Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS and NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR.
Topic: [dental health, nutrition, condition]
Audience: [patients, families, staff]

Draft a handout: plain language, key actions, when to seek help. Use plain language, one everyday analogy, and the questions people are most likely to ask with short answers.

10-minute exercise: Patient education materials

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you develop in-service educational materials.
Step 2Fill in [Topic] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Have a clinician check accuracy before printing.

Rules, prices and policies change. Make sure AI is working from your current official version.

O*NET work activity: Prepare healthcare training materials..

Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.

AI turns complex material into plain-language handouts.

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AI is great at turning complicated material into plain-language guides, handouts, FAQs and how-tos for a specific audience. You check it's accurate.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Findings: [paste]
Audience: [clinicians, patients]

Draft a write-up for the audience. Use plain language, one everyday analogy, and the questions people are most likely to ask with short answers.

10-minute exercise: Health research write-up

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you prepare statistical reports, narrative reports and graphic presentations.
Step 2Fill in [Findings] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every answer is right for your workplace before you share it.

Rules, prices and policies change. Make sure AI is working from your current official version.

O*NET work activity: Present medical research reports..

Write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.

AI writes the first draft from your notes; you check every fact.

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Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Data: [databases, archives, queries]
Needs: [access, backup, quality]

Draft procedures with roles, steps and controls. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Data management procedure

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes and queries.
Step 2Fill in [Data] and [Needs] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Walk through the procedure with one person who'll use it.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

O*NET work activity: Develop procedures for data management..

AI can help you prep these 10

AI speeds up the prep, drafting or thinking. The core of the task is still yours.

Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.

AI preps the paperwork; approving and paying stay with you.

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AI can prep the paperwork, extract details from documents and make checklists. Approving, paying and verifying stay with you.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Items: [books, artifacts, media]
System: [Dewey, LC, registration scheme]

Suggest classification codes and catalogue fields for each item, with the reasoning. Point out anything missing or inconsistent and suggest a template I can reuse.

10-minute exercise: Classification and cataloguing

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you assign the patient. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Items] and [System] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every code against the official schedule or your catalogue rules.

Personal, financial and health data shouldn't go into AI tools unless your employer has approved one for it.

O*NET work activity: Classify materials according to standard systems..

Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.

AI drafts scripts and configs; design and security are yours.

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AI can draft configurations, scripts and test cases and explain unfamiliar systems. Architecture and security decisions need your expertise.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.

Context: We use Microsoft Visual Basic and R.
What to store: [appraisals, records, inventory]
How it's used: [searches, reports]

Design tables and fields, and give setup steps for a spreadsheet or database tool, plus example queries.

10-minute exercise: Build a simple database

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you design databases.
Step 2Fill in [What to store] and [How it's used] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Run the tests yourself and read every line before you'd use it.

Don't paste secrets, passwords or proprietary code into tools your employer hasn't approved.

O*NET work activity: Create databases to store electronic data..

Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.

AI helps you prepare clearer wording and likely questions.

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Use AI to prepare: simpler wording, analogies, likely questions and a one-page handout. The conversation itself is yours.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.

Context: We use Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS and NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR.
System: [describe]
Problems: [describe]

Write a recommendation with options and costs. Use plain language, one everyday analogy, and the questions people are most likely to ask with short answers.

10-minute exercise: System improvement recommendation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements.
Step 2Fill in [System] and [Problems] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every answer is right for your workplace before you share it.

Rules, prices and policies change. Make sure AI is working from your current official version.

O*NET work activity: Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.. Also involves: Test computer hardware performance.; Test software performance..

Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.

AI preps talking points and practice; the relationship is yours.

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AI preps you: talking points, objection handling, tailored outreach and negotiation scenarios. The relationship and reading the room are yours.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.

Context: We use Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS and NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR.
Event: [conference, sponsorship]
Audience: [describe]

Draft promotional messages and outreach plan. Keep claims honest, list likely objections with responses, and role-play the other side so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Event marketing

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you facilitate and promote activities.
Step 2Fill in [Event] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Ask for feedback on your answers and write down your best line for the real conversation.

Make sure every claim AI writes about your product is true and allowed. Over-promising is on you.

O*NET work activity: Market products, services, or events.. Also involves: Promote educational institutions or programs..

Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.

AI preps the paperwork; approving and paying stay with you.

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AI can prep the paperwork, extract details from documents and make checklists. Approving, paying and verifying stay with you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Data: [patient, survey]
System: [ICD, codebook]

Make a coding reference for common cases. Point out anything missing or inconsistent and suggest a template I can reuse.

10-minute exercise: Coding guide

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you identify, compile abstract, and code patient data, using. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Data] and [System] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Save the template and use it on the next one. Time both.

Personal, financial and health data shouldn't go into AI tools unless your employer has approved one for it.

O*NET work activity: Code data or other information.. Also involves: Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals..

Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.

AI gets you up to speed; confirm findings with records or people.

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AI can get you up to speed fast and suggest where to look, but you need to confirm findings against real sources, records or people.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.

Context: We use SAS and IBM SPSS Statistics.
Organization: [type, sector]
Events to track: [policy, economy, social trends]

Summarize what might affect us, likely impacts, and actions to consider. Give sources I can check and say clearly when you're unsure.

10-minute exercise: External events brief

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards.
Step 2Fill in [Organization] and [Events to track] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Verify each event in a news source.

AI can invent sources and citations. Open every link and confirm it says what the AI claims.

O*NET work activity: Monitor external affairs or events affecting business operations.. Also involves: Evaluate applicable laws and regulations to determine impact on organizational activities..

Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.

AI drafts the structure and wording; the specifics and sign-off are yours.

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AI can draft the structure and standard wording. The specifics, the judgment calls and the sign-off are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Record: [daily log, pharmacy file, inventory]
Entries: [paste notes without patient details]

Draft clean log entries in the required format. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Facility record or log

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Record] and [Entries] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check entries against your facility's documentation rules.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

O*NET work activity: Maintain medical facility records..

Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings.

AI drafts clear messages and talking points.

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AI can draft updates, emails and talking points so your message is clear and complete. Relationships and real-time calls are yours.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings.

Context: We use Microsoft Exchange and Medical procedure coding software.
Problem: [disagreement, incident]
Who: [management]

Draft an escalation message. Keep it under 150 words with a clear ask, plus a 2-sentence version for chat.

10-minute exercise: Escalate a problem

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you resolve clarify codes or diagnoses.
Step 2Fill in [Problem] and [Who] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Edit it until it sounds like you, then send it yourself.

Never let AI send messages for you. Read every word, because tone mistakes cost trust.

O*NET work activity: Communicate with management or other staff to resolve problems..

Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.

AI preps the paperwork; approving and paying stay with you.

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AI can prep the paperwork, extract details from documents and make checklists. Approving, paying and verifying stay with you.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.

Context: We use MEDITECH software and eClinicalWorks EHR software.
Tasks: [registration, calls, forms]
Rules: [privacy]

Make task checklists and phone scripts. Point out anything missing or inconsistent and suggest a template I can reuse.

10-minute exercise: Medical office tasks

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you retrieve patient medical records. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Tasks] and [Rules] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Save the template and use it on the next one. Time both.

Personal, financial and health data shouldn't go into AI tools unless your employer has approved one for it.

O*NET work activity: Perform clerical work in medical settings..

Train medical records staff.

AI preps the materials; reading the room is you.

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AI preps the materials: lesson outlines, quizzes, examples, practice scenarios. Reading the room and coaching people is still you.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to train medical records staff.

Context: We use Microsoft PowerPoint and MEDITECH software.
Care needs: [general]
Caregivers: [parents, teachers, family]

Plan practical training. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Caregiver training

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you train medical records staff. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Care needs] and [Caregivers] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

O*NET work activity: Train caregivers or other non-medical personnel..

These stay human 3

They need your hands, your presence or your accountable judgment. Lean into them: they get more valuable as routine work is automated.

Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.

Physical, in-person work. AI helps with checklists and write-ups.

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Where AI still helps: AI helps around the job: decoding manuals and instructions, pre-job checklists, calculations and writing up what you did afterward.

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I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.

What's involved: [medical care and census data: where, when, who's affected]

Make me a step-by-step checklist to compile medical care and census data, the details I should double-check before I start, and a 3-line template for noting it's done.

10-minute exercise: Checklist: medical care and census data

Step 1Before you next compile medical care and census data, fill in [What's involved] with the real details.
Step 2Strike any step that doesn't match how your workplace does it, and add what only experience teaches.
Step 3Afterward, note it with the 3-line template and one thing you'd do differently next time.

O*NET work activity: Gather medical information from patient histories.. Also involves: Code data or other information..

Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

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Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.

Team: [aides, assistants]
Issue or goal: [describe]

Help me prepare: the key message in 2 sentences, what good looks like, how people might react and how I'll respond, and one thing I'll check next week.

10-minute exercise: Supervising support staff

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you manage the department. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Team] and [Issue or goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Afterward, note one thing people responded to and one thing you'd change.

O*NET work activity: Supervise medical support personnel.. Also involves: Manage healthcare operations..

Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.

Physical, in-person work. AI helps with checklists and write-ups.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI helps around the job: decoding manuals and instructions, pre-job checklists, calculations and writing up what you did afterward.

Prep prompt

I work as a health information technologist / medical registrar. Part of my job is to protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.

Facility: [library, exhibit, building]
Risks: [theft, damage, unauthorized access]

Make an opening and closing security routine and a short incident report template. Include the tools, materials and safety steps, the measurements or settings to double-check, and a 3-line template for logging the job. Flag anything to confirm in the manufacturer's manual.

10-minute exercise: Security routine

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you protect the security of medical records. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Facility] and [Risks] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Use it at your next opening or closing and add anything specific to your building.

O*NET work activity: Maintain security..

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