Health Information Specialist

            Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

          Health information specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They make sure the information is properly recorded into medical records. There are a variety of jobs 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.  Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics insurance companies and many others.

Average Salary:

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)   

$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Education:

In high school students should take challenging courses in business, information management, science, math and English. Coding specialist must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted in a job but you can also take classes. Accredited Record Technicians must have an Associate’s Degree. Record administrators must have a Bachelor’s Degree.

I would like to become a health information specialist because it seem like a really interesting job. Also because i like working with computers.