Health Information Specialist

Health Information Specialist

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Duties: Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data.  They make sure that this information is recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan health care to the patients. There a varies of specialties in this field like Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. The administrators coordinate the information management responsibilities and supervise the record technicians and the coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical records are up to date and maintain disease registries for research. The specialists assign the correct diagnosis and procedure codes to records and report cards tot eh insurance companies.

Salary:

$20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)
$23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians)
$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Education:

Students should take high school classes in business, information management, science, math, and English. Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Training is on the job, though classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges.  To become certified as a specialist they must pass an examination. The accredited record technicians need to earn an Associate’s degree from an accredited college. If not then they need to earn it from an American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program. They must also pass an examination. Record administrators must have a bachelor's degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a Health Information Specialist? Why? Why not?

I would like to be an administrator because I manage the recorders and specialists.