| Activities | According to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), registered health information administrators (RHIAs) are experts in the collection, interpretation, and analysis of patient data. Additionally, they receive the training necessary to assume managerial positions related to these functions. RHIAs interact with all levels of an organization—clinical, financial, administrative—that utilizepatient data in decisionmaking and everyday operations. |
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| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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| Median Income | According to AHIMA, entry-level salaries average between $30,000 and $50,000. |
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| Work Context & Conditions | Opportunities are found in numerous settings such as acute care general hospitals, and managed care organizations, consulting firms, government agencies, private industry, and health care IT/ computing companies |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Bachelor's Degree
Technical Certification Program, Post-undergraduate Education
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| Skills | Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Listening, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking |
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| Abilities | Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Information Ordering, Inductive Reasoning, Written Expression, Oral Comprehension |
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