Plans, designs, develops, and manages systems of patient administrative and clinical data, and patient medical records, in all types of health care institutions. An estimated 9,000 medical record administrators were active in 1973 of which 4,500 were registered record administrators. The minimum educational requirement for professional registration as a medical record administrator is a baccalaureate degree in medical record science or medical record administration in a program accredited by the American Medical Association in collaboration with the American Medical Record Association in collaboration with the American Medical Record Association. The AMRA maintains a list of person who have successfully completed the national registration examination that qualified them to use the professional designation of registered record administrator. Recent graduates must meet a continuing education requirement five years after of several types of medical records personnel, including the medical record technician (whom there were 45,000 in 1973, 6,000 accredited).
A medical record technician who has passed a credential examination of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). A medical record technician is a person who carries out certain technical duties with respect to medical records. The formal training of an ART is somewhat less than that of the medical record administrator (MRA). AHIMA until 1991 was known as the American Medical Record Association (AMRA).
A person, formerly called a “medical record librarian,” who has met the requirements of the American Medical Record Association (AMRA) as to training in medical record science, including a course in the management of the medical record department of a health care institution. Educational requirements are higher than for the title of medical record technician. An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs.