Medical Records Technician | $34,160

Medical Record Technicians are like the Librarians of the health care system. They must be familiar with both paper and electronic record keeping in order to keep countless patient files in order. As a medical records technician you will not be involved in direct patient care. Instead you will be helping nurses and others keep up with patient records, medical history, prescription usage and more.

Most employers will expect you have some type of certification before starting work, such as the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) program - and the Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) program. Courses in Medical Terminology, Anatomy, Physiology and Coding Systems are all an important part of the program. Knowledge of the financial and technical side of the health care profession will also be necessary.

Part of your daily activities will be transferring paper records to digital as more and more hospitals and doctors change over to electronic health records. No matter where you work (hospital or doctors office) you will be expected to handle detail oriented work and have the necessary people skills to communicate with a variety of other health care professionals.