Health Information Specialist

Health Information Specialist

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

A health information specialist is a nonclinical healthcare worker who is trained in the organization, maintenance, filing, cross-filing, and preservation and coding of patient medical records. The Health Information Specialist under the direction of the Health Information Manager will assist in the quality management of organizational health information, organizational compliance, and duties of the Health Information Technician.

 

Salary: $20,000-$25,000

 

Education: Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English. Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program. Additionally they must pass a credentialing examination. Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in a field and pass a certification examination.

No I would not like to be a Health Information Specialist because I not really in to it.

 

Answer: I would not like to be health information specialists because it is not my interest.

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Earl Nightingale

Student Success Statement

“We become what we think about.”

Earl Nightingale

Reflection: What I think this statement means to that whatever you want to think about will happen. For example if you think about living in the same city you live in right now in the future then that’s where you will live. If you want to become someone famous then you will become that famous person as long you think about it.
                          

 

Health Educator

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They can assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illness, or work or training settings.

 Health educators often:

·      Perform health training needs assessments.

·      Design and develop health education programs.

·      Publish health education materials, information papers, and grant proposals.

·      Develop health education curriculum.

·      Teach health in public and private schools.

Average Salary: $20,000-35,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses during high school.

Health educators have, as a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in health education. Many have master’s degrees. To be certified or licensed to teach health in public schools requires a master’s degree and successful completion of a written exam in many states.

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I would not like to be a health educator because that doesn’t really interest me. I also don’t l want to be a health educator because they don’t win as much as a genetic counselor.

 

 

 

 

 

Student Success Statement

“Good thoughts bear fruit. Bad thoughts bear bad fruit”

 

James Allen

 

Reflection: What this statement means is that if you think of bad thought you are feeding yourself bad food and if you have good thought then you are feeding yourself good food. Also if you are thinking bad thoughts then you are choosing the wrong and if you eat good foods you are choosing the right.

Genetic Counselor

 

Duties and Responsibilities: Genetic counselors are health care professionals who have specialized education and training in the field of medical genetics. Genetic counselors interpret family history information and educate patients and professionals about genetic diseases.

 

Salary: Genetic counselors typically earn between $50,000 and $100,000 a year

Education: Genetic counselors have a Master of Science degree from an accredited two-year graduate program in genetic counseling.

Answer: I would like to be a genetic counselor because they make pretty good money.



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Student Success Statement

 

“I wasn’t trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right.”

 

Dean Smith

 

Reflection: What this statement means is that you should do what’s right even if your reward is good or bad worth it or not. You should always do the right thing no matter what's in your way.

Epidemiologist

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Epidemiologists study the frequency and distribution of diseases within human population and environment. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologists perform research, education, and public health practices in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and Private Corporation. Epidemiologist often:

·       Work on developing or refining methods of measuring and evaluating disease occurrences.

·       Develop and recommend public health policy.

·       Study or research  chronic diseases , infectious diseases, disease outbreak, injuries,occupations, and environment

Average Salary: $30,000-$50,000

 

Educational Requirements:

 

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and English. Epidemiologists have, as a minimum, master’s degrees in public health. Undergraduate requirements for admissions into public health graduate programs vary by schools but usually include strong background in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and or statistics.

 

Statement: I don’t think I would like to be an epidemiologist because I don’t like what they do.

 

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