Medical Records Executive
Also known as: MRD Executive · Medical Records Officer · Health Information Executive
Keeps hospital patient records complete, confidential and retrievable for doctors, audits and insurers.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
A medical records executive works in a hospital's medical records department (MRD), keeping patient files complete, organised and confidential. Hospitals and diagnostic chains hire for this work. A typical day involves checking discharge files, indexing records in the hospital information system, and retrieving files for doctors, audits and insurance claims.
- Index and file inpatient and outpatient records
- Check records for completeness after discharge
- Retrieve files for doctors, audits and insurers
- Follow confidentiality and retention rules
How you get in
Freshers usually join a hospital MRD as an executive or assistant. A short course in medical records or ICD coding, and familiarity with NABH documentation requirements, make entry easier.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Medical terminology
- Record indexing and filing systems
- Basic ICD classification
- Data privacy and confidentiality practice
- Data entry in HIS and spreadsheets
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition2
How many graduates enter each year?
BBA graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field2
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BBA graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: MRD in-charge, medical coder, quality or health-information roles.
- As hospitals move to electronic records, the work shifts toward digital systems.
- Hospital-based work, with shift duties in larger hospitals.
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