HCIS265r2 wk1 Health Information Roles
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Health Information Roles
Choose three of the following Health Information Management Professional roles based on the information contained in Ch. 2 of Essentials of health information management: Principles and practices (2nd ed.).
Health records specialist
Health records clerk
Health insurance specialist
Vendor sales
Health data analyst
Office secretary
Other role approved by your instructor
Complete the following table for each profession that you have chosen. Each box must contain 25 to 50 words per box that
Describe how health records are used, as well as the duties performed in the role.
Explain the training and credentials needed for the role.
List any professional organization(s) available for membership associated with the positions.
List the work environments in which such workers can readily be found.
Role
Duties Performed
Training Credentials Required
Associated Professional Organizations
Work Environments
Role 1
Health Record Specialist
Health records are used by being stored in the computer base. The duties are to take information from the physical chart and input into the secure computer.
2 years associates degree in science in health information technology. Certificate Technicians have a better chance of landing the job. Some companies require experience in the field for at least 2 years.
I have seen only one organization that is for health record specialist is an Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) Is in a professional society in the practice of the field.
The work environment is in a private or public medical office where the health records specialist will organize and check coding in a secure data base on the computer.
Role 2
Health Insurance Specialist
The health insurance specialist uses health records while doing their job when it is necessary to look up an account to check or update insurance information.
The health insurance specialist needs to have a associates degree and a
Health Information Roles
Choose three of the following Health Information Management Professional roles based on the information contained in Ch. 2 of Essentials of health information management: Principles and practices (2nd ed.).
Health records specialist
Health records clerk
Health insurance specialist
Vendor sales
Health data analyst
Office secretary
Other role approved by your instructor
Complete the following table for each profession that you have chosen. Each box must contain 25 to 50 words per box that
Describe how health records are used, as well as the duties performed in the role.
Explain the training and credentials needed for the role.
List any professional organization(s) available for membership associated with the positions.
List the work environments in which such workers can readily be found.
Role
Duties Performed
Training Credentials Required
Associated Professional Organizations
Work Environments
Role 1
Health Record Specialist
Health records are used by being stored in the computer base. The duties are to take information from the physical chart and input into the secure computer.
2 years associates degree in science in health information technology. Certificate Technicians have a better chance of landing the job. Some companies require experience in the field for at least 2 years.
I have seen only one organization that is for health record specialist is an Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) Is in a professional society in the practice of the field.
The work environment is in a private or public medical office where the health records specialist will organize and check coding in a secure data base on the computer.
Role 2
Health Insurance Specialist
The health insurance specialist uses health records while doing their job when it is necessary to look up an account to check or update insurance information.
The health insurance specialist needs to have a associates degree and a