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12:00 AM - NextGen UGM 2025
Pathology Visions 2025
2025-10-05 - 2025-10-07    
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Elevate Patient Care: Discover the Power of DP & AI Pathology Visions unites 800+ digital pathology experts and peers tackling today's challenges and shaping tomorrow's [...]
AHIMA25  Conference
2025-10-12 - 2025-10-14    
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Register for AHIMA25  Conference Today! HI professionals—Minneapolis is calling! Join us October 12-14 for AHIMA25 Conference, the must-attend HI event of the year. In a city known for its booming [...]
Federal EHR Annual Summit
2025-10-21 - 2025-10-23    
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office brings together clinical staff from the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security’s [...]
NextGen UGM 2025
2025-11-02 - 2025-11-05    
12:00 am
NextGen UGM 2025 is set to take place in Nashville, TN, from November 2 to 5 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. This [...]
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12 Oct 25
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2 Nov 25
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Dec 12: They’re the bridge between doctors and electronic records

psychiatric services

The medical field traditionally has operated with a lot of behind-the-scenes jobs, but the advent of both electronic health records and the Affordable Care Act has particularly spurred a rise in health information technology jobs, and some students in Gainesville are training for the challenge.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, some of the health care occupations that will increase the most are medical office specialists, medical records technicians, medical assistants and community health workers.

Already, support positions such as these account for 42 percent of the health care workforce, according to the College for America at Southern New Hampshire University.

Health information technology, or HIT, specialists perform roles such as entering patient data into electronic health records and making sure doctors enter the correct reimbursement codes for procedures.

Even small errors in such tasks can have serious implications — both financial and clinical.

“If the code is wrong, it could be fraudulent,” said Julie Shay, the director of HIT management programs at Santa Fe College. “If mental health codes are coded incorrectly, the impact could be big … with an epilepsy diagnosis, driver’s licenses are taken away.”

In last week’s end-of-semester class, Shay asked her students about the practicums or internships they undertook at several area institutions, from UF Health Psychiatric Hospital and the ACORN clinic serving rural patients, to Vitera Healthcare Solutions, a health care software company based in Tampa.

“For me, it’s a retraining program,” said Mark Wooten, 56, who has worked in health care institutions for several years, in food administration.

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