Health Information Specialists

Duties and responsibilities:

Health Information specialists post and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. Health information specialists make sure that information is properly recorded into medical records. There is variety of jobs within this topic, there’s Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.  Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise. Technicians make sure medical records are accurate, and specialists assign and post correct diagnosis and procedure.  

Average Salary: $20,000 - $25,000

Education: Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English. Students must have a high school diploma or a GED certificate. Specialist must pass and examination. They must earn an associate degree from an accredited college program or from the American health information management Association Independent Study Program.

I would not like to be health information specialists because I’m don’t think it’s interesting.