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. Administrators coordinate the various information management
responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialists.
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.
Average Salary:
$30,000 - $40,000
Educational Requirements:
Students should take high school courses in business,
information management, science, math, and English. Coding specialists must
have a high school diploma or GED certificate.
Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at
technical schools and community colleges.
To become certified, specialists must pass an examination. Accredited
record technicians must earn an associate's degree from an accredited college
program or from the American Health Information Management Association
Independent Study Program.
Reflection: I think I wouldn't like to be a health information specialist because I find organizing data boring.
