Health Information Specialist

Part 1

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and 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 a variety of jobs specialties within this field including Register Record Administrators, Accredited Record Technicians, and Certified Coding Specialists.

Administrators coordinate the various information management responsibilities and supervise records 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  report codes to record 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(Recording Specialists)

$$23.000-$30.000(Record Technicians)

$30.000-$40.000(Record  Administrators)

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                                       Chiropractor

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Duties and responsibilities:

Chiropractors treat patients by manually adjusting parts of the human body, especially the spine. Chiropractors an their patients believe that problems with bone and nerve alignment 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 exercise, but not drugs. Chiropractors cannot perform surgery.

 Most chiropractors establish a private practice and some provide home treatment. Other form group partnership in clinics or chiropractic hospital.

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

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