Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialist obtains, post, and analyzes medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that information is properly recorded and evaluate health care provided to patients.

There are many types of jobs specialties within this field including Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.

Average Salary:

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

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

$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. 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.

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Student Success Statement

“We become what we think about”

Earl Nightingale

Reflection: This means that if you think you want to be a good person you will become a good person. If you think about beginning a bad person then you will be a bad person.

For Example: If you think about beginning a person with straight Fs you will be that person. But you think of beginning a straight A student then you will be a Straight A person

Health Educator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health educators provide information on health and health related issues. They also assess health training needs and plan health education programs. They may specialize according to specific health concerns, illness, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independents consultants or in health departments, community, organizations, businesses, hospitals, schools, or government agencies. 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 degree. 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.

I would not like to a health educator. Im not interested.

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Student Success Statement

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

James Allen

Reflection: this means to always have good thought and to never have bad thoughts.
Ex: If you are thinking to steal something at a store you can thing its a good thing when its not.
If you have good thought you can help other people who need help.

 

            Genetic counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Genetic counselors work with patients and families who have genetic, or inherited, disorders, and birth defects. They also counsel people who are at risk for these problems. Genetic counselors often:

¡      Educate patients about their conditions.

¡      How to help their problems.

¡      Take tests on family histories of genetic problems.

Average Salary: $25,000-$55,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses like in science and math. Students are required a master’s degree. Undergraduate background in biology, chemistry, and science. In many states require genetic counselors to be certified. 

I would not like to be a genetic counslor because im not interested

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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: this means that you should do what’s right even if your reward or not. You should always do the right thing no matter what.

For example: If someone dropped their wallet or something and they didn’t notice you should pick it up and give it to that person. Instead of keeping it

 

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 outbreaks, injuries, occupations, and environments.

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.

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I would not like to be an epidemiologist