| There is a huge demand for health information | | | | clinical laboratory technicians as well as consultants |
| technology specialists. These professionals are | | | | and sales and marketing support positions. Many |
| responsible for maintaining, designing and operating | | | | graduates seek positions in hospitals or clinical |
| the technology that keeps the healthcare industry | | | | settings, although many choose to enter the |
| running. The career outlook for clinical coders, | | | | pharmaceutical and insurance industries. |
| patient information specialists, data analysts and | | | | Degree programs encompass learning in |
| clinical coders is strong. Technicians are employed | | | | technology, administration and medical areas. |
| in hospitals, clinics and private practices, mental | | | | Graduates will be skilled in many areas of |
| health facilities, insurance companies, | | | | computer science including database management, |
| pharmaceutical companies, vendor companies, | | | | trouble shooting, technical support and computer |
| government agencies and education. | | | | networking. They will also be knowledgeable in |
| As the use of technology in the healthcare | | | | hospital regulations, insurance and billing |
| industry continues to increase the number of | | | | procedures, medical ethics, patient privacy and |
| career opportunities for professional technicians | | | | record processing. Additional courses in medical |
| will continue to grow as well. Patient care is | | | | areas will include medical terminology, biology, |
| becoming more complex. This is resulting in an | | | | anatomy and physiology. |
| increase in medical records that need to be | | | | Applications developers create software to |
| maintained for each patient, and in turn, creating a | | | | efficiently collect patient data, and streamline data |
| need for more health information technicians to | | | | processing. The shift to digital records and |
| manage patient records. The benefits of using | | | | wireless communications in the medical field is |
| modern technology in the healthcare industry | | | | creating a need for skilled professionals to help |
| include less paperwork, higher productivity as well | | | | with this transition. Automated alert and reminder |
| as fewer mistakes in patient record keeping. | | | | systems as well as digital protocol and safety |
| An associate degree in health information | | | | systems are also among the applications that |
| technology will prepare students for positions as | | | | technicians design and maintain. Their work allows |
| healthcare applications developers, health | | | | those responsible for patient care to do be more |
| information technicians, medical secretaries and | | | | effective in their work. |