Health information specialist

Research and provide the following about the health information specialist

Duties and responsibilities: Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data.  They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provide

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 courses in business, information management, science, math, and English. Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.  Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges.  To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a health information Specialist? Why? Why not?

No I would not like to be a health information specialist because it involves a lot of math and in witch is my weakest subject. It seems like an interesting career I might use it as an alternative in case my career as a social worker does not turn out to be a possible.

Clinical laboratories specialist

Duties and responsibilities

Clinical laboratory specialists include both clinical laboratory technicians and clinical technologists. These professions are also referred to as medical laboratory technicians or medical technologists. Both technicians and technologists perform laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat diseases.

Clinical laboratory technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemicals and computers to preform laboratory procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media. They conduct test and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.

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