Thursday, February 19, 2015

Medical Career Pathway Research

Health Information Specialist

Online Research:

Go Online. Look for and provide the following information. Publish your information as a new post in your Electronic Portfolio and upload to Drop-box. 

Duties and Responsibilities: To organize and manage health information data. They ensure its quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security in both paper and electronic systems. They use various classification systems to code and categorize patient information for insurance reimbursement purposes, for databases and registries, and to maintain patients' medical and treatment histories.

Salary: $34,160 per year

Education: Post secondary certificate or Associate's Degree (Not needed but helpful)

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? I honestly find this career to be very interesting but it is not the one one I am pursuing after. It will however be one career to keep in mind though.

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