Health Information Specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

Health information specialists obtain post and analyze medical, work load, finance, and insurance data for patients. They insure that the information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

There are many jobs specialists for this field like registered record administrator, accredited record technicians, and certified coding specialists.

Health information specialist work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.  

Salary: $20,000-$40,000

Educational Requirements:

Those who would like to become health information specialists should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialists need a high school diploma and a GED certificate. To become certified you must need to pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians need an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. They must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must have a Bachelor’s degree in this field and must pass a certification examination.

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I think i would like to be a health information specialist because i like to organize stuff.