Health
information specialist:
Research and provide the following about the
health information specialist Duties and responsibilities:
Health Information Specialists obtain,
post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly
recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health
care provided to patients. There are a variety of job specialties within this
field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record
Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.
Administrators coordinate the various information management
responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are
accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for
research. Coding specialists assign and
post correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report codes to
insurance companies. Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics,
insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.
Salary: $20,000 -
$25,000 (Coding Specialists)
$23,000 - $30,000 (Record
Technicians)
$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)
Education: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, most health
information specialists, also known as medical records and health information
technicians, enter the field with an associate's degree. Because some states
have licensing and certification requirements, you may want to find a program
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and
Information Management Education (CAHIM). Healthcare information specialist
certificate programs are also available. A bachelor's or master's degree may be
required to advance in the field of health information management. Typical
courses in an associate's degree program include medical terminology,
information technology, pharmacology, medical coding, statistics, quality
assurance, anatomy, physiology, ethics and psychology.
Answer: do you think you would like to be a health information specialist? Why? Why not?
i would like to be a health information specialist. why well, becuase i eant to experince new things. like, i could be someone great in life and a health information specialits seems cool.so yea, its good to try something nd make mistakes well l=kinda butn yea, you get my point xDD