Overview
Every time health care personnel treat a patient, they record what they observed and how the patient was treated medically. This record includes information the patient provides concerning his or her symptoms and medical history, as well as the results of examinations, reports of X-rays and laboratory tests, diagnoses, and treatment plans. Increasingly this information is maintained electronically in healthcare information systems. Health Information Management professionals capture, analyze and protect digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care.
Health information management is one of the nation’s fastest-growing health occupations. Health information managers typically earn a salary of $30,000 to $80,000 per year with increases commensurate with higher education and experience.
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Health Information Manager 14 May 2008 [pdf, 167 KB]
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