After completing my Associates in healthcare information and passing a national certification exam I will become a Registered Health Information Technician (R.H.I.T.).
Possible positions available are, health information department supervisor, medical coding specialist, health information technician, medical record coordinator, and medical coder.
Positions I would be interested in are health information department supervisor, medical coding specialist, health information technician.
Health information department supervisor
Supervises the functions of a medical records department, including records requests, release of information, record maintenance and storage, and availability of records; acts on behalf of the department in the absence of the Medical Records Department Head.
Plans, organizes, schedules, and oversees the work of subordinates. Ensures that the documents in patients' records are reviewed for accuracy and completeness of information and data. Establishes routine and provides staff for regularly scheduled retrieval, delivery, and filing of charts. Ensures compliance with requirements of government agencies and accrediting bodies. Extracts and supplies data for reports, studies, budgets and related matters to support department head in planning and projects; designs and executes special studies, questionnaires, and surveys as requested by health care providers, facility administrators, or department head. Plus other related duties.
Medical coding specialist
Under general supervision, evaluates medical records and charge tickets to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with the International Classification of Diseases Manual - Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), and the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology manual (CPT); provides technical guidance and training on medical coding to physicians and staff; and performs related duties as required.
The job positions in this field is high and the pay is better than some of the other positions.
Health information technician
Health information technicians work in hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes.
They most often work with computerized record systems and maintain hospital reports on patients. Medical records and health information technicians keep track of patients' medical histories and charts, ensure that all the proper forms are present and signed, and make certain that the medical information is correct and accessible to doctors and nurses. In large facilities medical records and health information technicians work in the records department under the direction of a medical record administrator. In small facilities highly experienced technicians may head the medical records department.
The employment outlook is very high although the pay is not exactly ideal, there are great chances for advancements.
