Health Unit Coordinator Certificate of Achievement

This health professional is responsible for maintaining and supporting a healthcare facility. Their duties include setting up hospital admittance charts, performing data entry, ordering lab tests and x-rays,  transcribing physician orders, maintaining patient records, and managing facility communications.

Learning Outcomes

Certificate recipients should possess the following skills & abilities:

• Demonstrate understanding of basic human anatomical structure and body functions
• Interpret, understand, and use basic medical and laboratory terminology
• Demonstrate proficiency in basic computer applications
• Utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Interact and communicate with a diverse client base, with sensitivity to cultural differences
• Demonstrate the ability to use an electronic admitting system for admitting, discharging, and transferring pre-operative and post-operative patients
• Demonstrate the ability to check patients into a doctor’s office, including complete knowledge of insurance types and restrictions and proficiency in medical billing and coding

Gainful Employment Disclosure

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