Health Information Specialist

Health Information Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities :

Health information specialists are allied health professionals who use their communication skills and attention to detail abilities to oversee the management of health care data. Health information specialists' responsibilities include:

• Assembling patients' health information
• Making sure that medical charts and forms are complete
• Making sure that medical charts and forms are properly identified and authenticated
• Inputting information into the computer
• Communicating with physicians and other health care professionals about diagnoses or other necessary patient information
• Using computer programs to tabulate and analyze data

Salary : 

the median annual salary for health information technologists ranges from $20,000 to more than $45,260, with a median salary of $28,030.

Education:

Most health information specialists have an associate degree in health information technology, medical coding, or medical coding and billing from a community college, career education college, or voc/tech college.

If you graduate from a 2-year program health information technology or medical coding program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM), you can then take an exam to become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Many employers prefer to hire people with this designation, so you will likely increase both your job opportunities and your pay when you earn the RHIT certification.

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Reflection : 

I wouldn't want to be a  Health Information Specialist even though i do find it interesting , im not sure.