Day #30

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists 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 provided to patients.

There are many jobs within this work such as Registered Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists. Administrators sync all the information management responsibilities and supervise record technicians 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)

Educational Requirements:

Students should have taken 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Statement #28

Student Success Statement

“We become what we

think about.”

Earl Nightingale

Reflection: I believe what he is trying to say is 

that we become what we want to be, not what 

others want us to be. Our thoughts, our mind, our 

decisions make our life. There is no way to not 

become what you think about because no one but 

yourself makes you think about anything. When 

we think, we imagine, when we imagine, we dream, we aspire, we strive, we crave, we yearn, what ever you want to call it, we make our dreams come true no matter the case.

Day #29

Health Educator

http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/carla.html

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 may specialize according to specific health concerns, illnesses, or work or training setting. Health educators may work as independent 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 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Would you like to be a Health Educator?

I would not like to be a Health Educator  because I do not like speaking in public.

Statement #27

Student Success Statement

“Good thoughts bear good fruit. Bad

thoughts bear bad fruit.”

James Allen

Reflection: I believe what he is trying to say is  that what you plant, your thoughts, is what you will get back,  there is no way to hange that. Same way with bad thoughts, once you plant them, you get it in return.

Day #28

Genetic Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Genetic Counselors provide information and advice for people that can possibly be at risk of having genetic disorders. A genetic counselor meets with you to discuss the genetic risks that can happen; the counselor can be for you or another family member. The meeting may follow with a genetic testing. There are many reasons to have a genetic counselor meet with some of them are:

·     Have a family history of genetic disorder or birth defect.

·     Are pregnant or thinking about having a baby after the age of 35.

·     Already have a child with a birth defect.

·     Have an ultrasound test with a potential problem.

Salary: $60,000- $70,000

Education 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.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Do you think you would like to be a Genetic Counselor?

This isn't my dream job, but it certainly looks interesting, so yes I would like to be a Genetic Counselor.

Statement #26

Student Success Statement

“I wasn’t trying to leave a legacy.

I was trying to do what

was right.”

Dean Smith

Reflection: I think what Dean Smith is trying to 

say is that legacy wasn't a isuue infact he ignored, 

not trying to leave one behing him when his time 

comes. He was trying to set a example for all his 

palyers to follow, one that they would hopefully 

follow for the rest of their lives. That was his goal 

all along, not showing off, not to feel better than 

others. Just to choose the right and nothing more, 

beacause someines leaving a legacy might not help 

others, though choosing the right might help them 

now.

Day #27

Epidemiologist

http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/carla.html

Duties and Responsibilities:

Epidemiologists study the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologists preform research, education, and public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and private corporations. Epidemiologists 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 backgrounds in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and/or statistics.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

I would not like to be a epidemiologist because I do not like just studying disease patterns and anything like that.