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Basic Course: $25.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $50.00
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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
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Course Description

Whenever the field of medicine is mentioned, people generally think about doctors and nurses. In fact, not that many years ago, those medical practitioners just about covered the subject. In recent years, however, the field has grown beyond imagination.

In this course, we will look at Careers in Healthcare as a guide for planning an exciting future. Specialization in the medical profession has produced a need for many trained personnel in specific areas. Even physicians have specialized in one field because over the past few decades the amount of knowledge in medical practice has become so vast that one person cannot know everything.

Unfortunately, this trend has produced an overabundance of specialists and a shortage of primary healthcare physicians (General Practitioners). As the medical field grew, there arose a need for more support staff in hospitals, doctor's offices, and related areas. Whole careers sprang up in the healthcare profession from Medical Billers to Patient Advocates. This course will discuss some of these areas of specialization within the field as an educational guide for Healthcare Career Planning.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1: Your Future in Healthcare - This course is a guide for planning an exciting future in the Healthcare Industry.
  2. Lesson 2: Medical Secretary - Over the years, the position of medical secretary has become more and more important within the healthcare industry.
  3. Lesson 3: Medical Records Transcriptionist - A vital part of healthcare services today is medical records transcription. Basically, that means taking written, dictated, or recorded patient information and typing it for electronic save and retrieval.
  4. Lesson 4: Medical Assistant - Most medical assistants work in the office of a physician, chiropractor, dentist, or other healthcare provider.
  5. Lesson 5: Medical Billers - Handling the billing for a large healthcare system becomes a full time job, taking more time than the medical secretary or other clerical positions can spare.
  6. Lesson 6: Medical Coder - Codes in the medical field are alpha-numeric identifications of illnesses and diseases, treatments, medications, and other medical information collected in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
  7. Lesson 7: Insurance Claims - The handling of insurance claims has become a major factor in the smooth operation of all healthcare facilities.
  8. Lesson 8: Medical Office IT Administration - Information Technology (IT) has become the life blood of business and is no less an important factor in the medical field.
  9. Lesson 9: Health Information Technicians & Medical Records - Health Information Technicians may also specialize in medical billing and medical coding, which were covered in previous lessons.
  10. Lesson 10: Patient Advocates, Collections, Medical Application - The variety of healthcare related careers has mushroomed in the past two decades.
  11. Lesson 11: Other Positions in Medical Administration - Career opportunities continue to expand as the healthcare systems grow at a substantial rate. The field is broad and it takes time to examine all possibilities before making career choices or career changes.
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Additional Information

Course Title : Careers in Healthcare
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 31677
Course Type : Guidance/Counseling
Course URL : http://healthcarecareers.onlineclasses.com
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Instructor : Stacey Kahre, RN
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Basic Course: $25.00
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This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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