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Health Care Job Outlook: Excellent Prognosis
The health care industry continues to expand and diversify. That's good news if you're thinking of taking online courses in health care management or medical administration/billing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, job growth is expected to be strong:
Occupations in health care are expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014.
Health Care Management
Rapid employment growth is projected. Job opportunities will be especially good in:
- offices of health practitioners
- general medical and surgical hospitals
- home health services
- outpatient care centers
Applicants with work experience in the health care field and strong business and management skills should have the best opportunities. Graduates with bachelor's degrees in health administration usually begin as administrative assistants or assistant department heads in larger hospitals. They also may begin as department heads or assistant administrators in small hospitals or nursing care facilities.
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Medical Administration/Billing
Job prospects are very good due to the rapid growth in the number of medical tests, treatments and procedures. Technicians will also be needed to enter patient information into computer databases to comply with Federal legislation mandating the use of electronic patient records.
Medical records and health information technicians entering the field usually have an associate degree from a community or junior college. In addition to general education, coursework includes medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, legal aspects of health information, coding and abstraction of data, statistics, database management, quality improvement methods, and computer science.
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