Health Information Specialist

Research and provide the following about the health information specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:              Health Information Specialists obtain and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data.  They make sure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients.

Salary: $20,000-$40,000

Education:  Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English. You should have graduated high school or have at least a GED.  You must have an Associate’s degree but a master’s degree if you want to move up.

Answer: Do you think you would like to be a health information specialist? Why? Why not?

I would like to be a Health Information Specialist because it sounds like a really interesting career. I would like helping people with their insurance. They look like they get paid really well and you don’t need much school to become it.