Health information specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

The duties that the health information is obtaining, posting, and analyzing medical or insurance data. They also ensure that the information you give them is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. There are many jobs specialized within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Where many health information specialist work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physicians’ offices, and many other medical places.

Average salary: $20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)

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

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

Educational Requirement:

Students should take high school courses of business, information management, science, math, and English. Coding Specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. For 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. Finally for the Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.  I would not want to be health information specialist because it is not very interesting and doesn't really catch my eye to get a job from there.