Health Information Specialist

Part 1

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and

Analyze medical, worked, finance, and

Insurance data. They ensure that this

Information is property recorded into medical

Records so practitioners can plan and evaluate

Health care provided to patients.

There are a variety of job specialties within this

Filed including Registered Recoded

Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians,

And Certified Coding Specialists.

Administrators coordinate the various

Information management responsibilities and coding specialists. Record technicians ensure medical

Records are accurate, coordinate

Reimbursement, and maintain disease registries

For research. Coding specialists assign and post

Correct diagnosis and procedure codes to

Records and report codes to insurance

Companies.

Health information specialists work in hospitals,

Clinics, insurance companies, physician offices,

And many other medical settings.

Average Salary:

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

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

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

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Student Success Statement

“A good name will shine brightly”

                                         ANON                                        

Nurse Practitioner and

Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists

Are advanced practice registered nurses who

Have received special courses and training. They

Usually work closely with doctors and can

Preform many high-level primary care tasks.

They often specialize in specific types of practice

Such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics.

Some establish private practices; however, most

Work in doctors’ offices, hospitals, or

Neighborhood health centers. Duties often

Include:

.taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams.

.Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.

.treating common medical conditions,

Illness, and injuries.

.prescribing limited medications.

.counseling patients and families.

Average salary:$39,000-$70,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Students must complete all of the education requirements to become a baccalaureate prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master’s level training and pass a certification examination.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!Student Success Statement

“There is no pillow so soft as a

Clear conscience”

French Proverb

Clinical Technologist

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Clinical technologist perform more complex

Laboratory tests and procedures than technicians.

They also supervise technicians, conform their

Tests, and manage laboratory quality control

Programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialists work in

Hospitals, but they are also employed by private

Practices, medical groups, research laboratories,

Pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Average Salary: $20,000-$28,000  (Clinical laboratory technicians)

$25,000-$40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high

School courses in, science, math, and English.

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of

A specialized in-house training program is

Required to become a clinical laboratory

Technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally

Required to become employers accept an associate’s

Degree and extensive clinical experience as a

Substitute. Many technologist pursue additional

Graduate education or specialize training to

Advanced their careers in clinical chemistry, blood

Banking, and microbiology.

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Student Success Statement

“I shall pass through this life but

Once. Any good therefore that I

Can do, or any kindness I can show,

Let me do it now. Let me not defer

Or neglect it; for I shall never pass

This way again.”

Ellen De Generous

Reflection:i think what this quote is trying to say is that if you choose the wrong ONCE that to not choose the wrong again. 

Clinical Laboratory Specialists

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 tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians.

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Student Success Statement
"You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience."
Robert E. Lee

Chiropractor

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Educational Requirements:

Students who want to become chiropractors

Should take challenging high school science,

Math and English courses.

Chiropractors must complete a ten semester

Program in a chiropractic college after

Completing two years of college or junior college study.

Most states require that chiropractors pass a certification examination before being granted a license to practice.

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Student Success Statement

“Have the courage to say no. Have the

Courage to face the truth. Do the right

Thing because it is right. These are the

Magic keys to living your life with

Integrity.”

W. Clement Stone

Chiropractor

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Duties and responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually

Adjusting parts of the human body, especially

The spine. Chiropractors and their patients

Believe that problems can cause illness and problems in

Other parts of the body, a view not widely

Accepted by allopathic physicians and other

Traditional medical practitioners.

Chiropractors manipulate their patients’ spinal

Columns for treatment. They may prescribe

Specific diets or exercises, but not drugs.

Chiropractors cannot preform surgery.

Most chiropractors establish a private practice

And some provide home treatments. Others

From group partnerships in clinics or

Chiropractic hospitals.

Average Salary: $30,000-$100,000

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Biomedical Equipment Technician

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Duties and responsibilities:

Biomedical equipment technicians inspect,

Maintain, and repair different types of medical

Equipment used to diagnose and treat disease.

They preform safety operate equipment.

Biomedical equipment technology has been one

Of the fastest growing medical career fields in

Recent years.

Average Salary:$20,000-$38,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take challenging science, math,

And electronics courses in high school.

Following high school, biomedical equipment

Technicians complete one to three years of

Course work in biomedical equipment

Technology, medical-electronics, or biomedical-

Engineering. Most programs lead to certification

And/or associate degrees. Some employers will

Hire electronics technicians and provide on-the-

Job biomedical technology training.

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Student Success statement

I have three messages:

(1) we should never, ever give up.

(2) you are never too old to chase your dreams.

(3) It looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.

Diana Nyad, American swimmer