A person who carries out certain technical duties with respect to medical records. The MRTs formal training is somewhat less than for the medical record administrator (MRA). An allied health professional for whom the American Medical Association’s Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) has accredited education programs.
A technician who assists the medical record administrator by coding, analyzing, and preserving patients’ medical records and compiling reports, disease indices, and statistics in health care institutions.