Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialist obtains, post, and analyzes medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They make sure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and also evaluate health care provided to patients.

Health information specialists work in hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, physician offices, and many other medical settings.

Average Salary: $23,000 - $30,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

They must have a high school or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, however, classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become certified, specialists must pass an examination.

I would like to be a Health Information Specialist because they don’t really get into the action of seeing gruesome injuries and that is what I’m afraid of the most. So maybe yes I would like to be a Health Information Specialist.