Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

                Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload and finance, and insurance data. They ensure this data is properly stored into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided by the patients. There are a variety of jobs within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, AND Certified Coding Specialist. Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians and coding specialist. Record technicians ensure medical records are accurate, coordinate reimbursement, and maintain disease registries for research.

Average Salary:

$ 20,000- $25,000(Coding Specialist)

$23,000-30,000(Record Technician)

$30,000-40,000(Record Administrators)

Educational Requirements:

                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.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate's degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study Program.  Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor's degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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                                                    Student Success Statement
                                                              What is
                                             The strangest secret in the world

                                                       We become what we think about
                                                                Earl nightingale

This is saying that if think you will become a boxer than you will become a boxer. This quote is saying that whatever you think about the most that is what you will become. For example if you think you will graduate high school than you will graduate high school.So wheather you become a success man or a bum it all depends on what you think.

                                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 specialize according to specific health concerns, illness, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independent consultants or in health departments, community organization, business, hospitals, schools, or, government agencies. Health Educators often:

·         Perform health training needs assignments

·         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 the field doesn't excite my the field seems very boring. I would like to help in some other way than health educator. 

                                                         Student Success Statement

                                   Good thoughts bear good fruit. Bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
                                                                      James Allen

 This quote is saying good thoughts will reward you and bad thoughts will punish you. So to put in easy terms do good things and good things will happen do bad things and bad things will happen. For example say your friends are doing something they shouldn't and they want you to join in you should no because you will be rewarded later on and they will be punished.

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Genetic Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Genetic  Counselor’s work in hospitals’, universities, laboratories, and private clinics. They trained to analyze genetic data and communicate risk factors to patients and their families. A family history of cancer, muscular dystrophy or cystic fibrosis might cause an individual to seek genetic counseling. Tasked with identifying potential predisposition for physical and mental disease and disorders, genetic counselors’ are trained in the following:

·         Analyze patient histories

·         Provide genetic testing

·         Perform genetic risk calculation

·         Educate families about potential health risks

·         Help patients to cope with a diagnosis

Average Salary: $49,645- $65,158

Educational Requirements:

Those interested in the field must complete a master's degree program in genetic counseling. Due to the small number of accredited programs, graduate schools often have a highly selective admission process. Students can prepare for admission with undergraduate courses in chemistry, biology, genetics and psychology. Schools may require or strongly recommend paid or volunteer experience prior to enrolling in the professional program. Graduate program coursework requires clinical training through internships where students learn about the following:

• Molecular genetics
• Genetic screening
• Counseling ethics and techniques
• Research methods
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Population studies
• Birth defects

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!!!!

I would not like to be a genetic counselor because the thought of help someone cope makes my feel powerless

                                                 Student Success Statement
                     "CTR connects you to happiness and success. CTW disconnects you"
                                                            MR. Haymore

 This quote is saying that if you choose the right you will be happy but if you choose the wrong you will be miserable. For example, if you choose the right through out high school you will be happy to graduate but if you choose the wrong and decide to wait 'till the last minute you will not graduate.
In conclusion you should always choose the right instead of the wrong. Choose CTR over CTW because you will be happy if you choose CTR.

                                                Environmental Health Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities:

Environmental Health specialists ensure the regulation of food, consultation, education and more importantly a standard that govern the sanitation of food such as milk. Wastes that are harmful and infectious to human beings. To achieve these goals, an environmental health specialist must that the manner in which food is served and handled are in total compliance with the laws of the state. The environmental health specialists have to enlighten the public by organizing seminars that will help communities maintain a high environmental health standards.  Environmental health specialists duties include:

·         Helping communities maintain a high environmental standard

·         Ensure the regulation of food

·         Keep the food sanitized

·         To enlighten communities

Average Salary: 35,735- $ 68,607

Education Requirements:

To become an environmental health specialists you should take high class as such as algebra, geometry, English, physics. You should also have a high school diploma.

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