-: You would definitely need to have
a health background, an interest in healthcare,
knowledge of medical records,
electronic medical records or paper,
depending on which organization you're at
'cause you can have both.
And a degree, a degree in health information technology
would be very useful and usually is required.
Well, having worked in healthcare previously,
that helped me.
I had a full-time job in healthcare
while I was going to school,
so that kind of gave me a leg up
when this position opened up.
That did help.
I was already working with HIPAA at that time,
so that just gave me a little more oomph to my resume
and the degree that I obtained.
I worked as a release of information specialist,
so that's really seeing medical records,
and you have to have a strong background
in HIPAA for that position.
I guess just working in healthcare generally,
you need to know HIPAA.
That's like a mainstay in healthcare.
Having good communication skills is key
because I'm communicating and these are delicate issues
that I'm talking about.
It could be someone's job on the line.