Healthcare Documentation Specialist

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  • Delivery: Daytime Classes
  • Start: Fall (full or part-time) or Spring (part-time)
  • Location: Rosemount Campus

Outcomes

Gainful Employment Reports

Major Description

Healthcare Documentation Specialists are vital members of healthcare teams, maintaining and providing crucial information for patient care and safety, reimbursement, marketing, legal issues and research. This program focuses on the application of computers to generate, validate, secure and integrate healthcare data so it can be effectively utilized to support the decision-making activities of clinical and administrative professionals. The duties of a Healthcare Documentation Specialist include ensuring the quality of medical documentation by verifying completeness and accuracy of transcribed medical reports, analyzing medical documentation to improve patient care, compliance, safety, coding and familiarity with EHR (Electronic Healthcare Record) database management. This diploma and/or degree involves technical courses to prepare students for careers in this fast growing field. Students utilize state-of-the-art virtual labs and receive valuable hands-on experience during internships at healthcare facilities.

Work Environment

Careers are found in hospitals, clinics, extended-care facilities, medical research groups, health departments, insurance companies and firms that provide medical transcription and/or coding services. Transcriptionists and coders may also work from home.

Potential Job Titles

  • Medical Transcriptionist
  • Transcribing-Machine Operator
  • Medical Biller Coder
  • Medical Coding Specialist
  • Medical Insurance Clerk
  • Medical Voucher Clerk

Salary Data

  • Average Salary: $17.38/hour
  • Top Earners: $22.98/hour

Academic Advisor

Dean

  • Gayle Larson
    Dean of Business, Technology and General Education

Instructors

Susan Johanson 651-423-8239 susan.johanson@dctc.edu BIO
Sheryl Williams 651-423-8368 sheryl.williams@dctc.edu BIO

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