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Below are the fastest growing Healthcare Careers in California:

*Dental Assisting*
Average Annual Wage: $31,985
2002-2012 Job Growth: 57%
Future Career Paths: Dental Hygienist, Licensed Vocational Nurse

*Health Claims Examiner/Medical Biller*
Average Annual Wage: $31,772
2002-2012 Job Growth: 41%
Future Career Paths: Medical Coder, Insurance Adjuster

*Massage Therapy*
Average Annual Wage: $36,340
2002-2012 Job Growth: 21%
Future Career Paths: Physical Therapist, Day Spa Manager

*Medical Assistant*
Average Annual Wage: $28,890
2002-2012 Job Growth: 46%
Future Career Paths: Licensed Vocational Nurse, Medical Coder

*Optical Dispensing*
Average Annual Wage: $32,441
2002-2012 Job Growth: 23%
Future Career Paths: Store Owner, Manufacturers Sales Rep

*Pharmacy Technician*
Average Annual Wage: $33,632
2002-2012 Job Growth: 31%
Future Career Paths: Occupational Therapy Assistant, Dietetic Technician

*Surgical Technology*
Average Annual Wage: $40,178
2002-2012 Job Growth: 36%
Future Career Paths: Central Supply Mgr, Asst. Operating Room Admin.

*Diagnostic Medical Sonagraphy*
Average Annual Wage: $60,908
2002-2012 Job Growth: 21%
Future Career Paths: Physician’s Assistant, Medical Technologist

** Salaries listed above are average annual wages reported by the Employment Development Department of the State of California and do not reflect entry level salaries for the healthcare positions listed.

Key Success Factors
Do you have a genuine desire to help people? Then chances are you’ll be successful as a healthcare professional. The four other critical skills you’ll need to succeed in health care are:

• Team player. Healthcare is a group activity, so people skills and teamwork are essential.
• Compassionate and caring. Helping take care of people requires patience and a service-orientated attitude.
• Comfortable in any setting. You might be part of a huge organization or a small staff, working at the local, state, regional or national level. The possibilities are endless.
• Desire for lifelong learning. You’ll need to keep studying and learning throughout your career to keep up with the latest developments in the field.

Healthcare provides a helping hand
Healthcare professionals are essential when it comes to caring for the physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing of individuals. Whether you’re a health information specialist or a dental receptionist, all support staff play a vital role in patient care. As an important contributor to the healthcare system, you’ll need to be able to establish trust and credibility with fellow workers and patients. Good communication skills, ability to follow directions, and strong listening ability are important, especially if you’re working in a clinical environment.

Technical abilities are a must
Technology has altered the practice of healthcare. No matter what the healthcare field, an ability to work with computers and high-tech equipment is a powerful asset. As a medical biller, you will probably be asked to help process some claims electronically. Medical clinical assistants may need to deal with an Electronic Medical Record. Pharmacy technicians often operate automated pill dispensers. But if you’re unfamiliar with such tools, don’t worry—your all-important career college will help introduce you to these concepts.

Exciting environments
Is it any wonder that shows like NBC’s “ER” and “Scrubs,” and CBS’ “Rescue 911,” have been so popular? They show the drama of medicine and the reality of life-and-death situations. Healthcare is filled with stimulating and interesting interactions. Of course, big-city hospitals bustle with activity, but even a quiet suburban assisted living facility, chiropractic office, retail pharmacy, HMO, or medical clinic have everyday drama and fascinating daily interactions. If you like a variety of tasks, work well under stress, and take pride in doing a job well done, then you have what it takes to be a valuable member of the healthcare team.

Lifelong learning
Medical-related workplaces have always been settings that support and encourage professional growth and development. Opportunities for on-the-job training and continuing education abound, and often employers will subsidize your schooling. You’ll also have lots of opportunities for advancement, so your ambition will serve you well in a healthcare profession. If you’re interested in a career like massage therapy, be assured that complementary and alternative medicines are being integrated into conventional healthcare systems, offering you even greater opportunities. No matter what your area of interest, be sure you start out at a school that provides a positive learning environment and is prepared to help you launch your career in this exciting arena.

Reality check
Although not every healthcare professional works with patients, those who do will find that people are sicker, older, and living longer, often with chronic diseases. Keeping a positive attitude is key for maintaining a cheerful office or clinic. Are you up to the challenge? Being a paid caregiver requires confidence, commitment and compassion.

Summary
The clock never stops ticking in the healthcare profession. Perhaps it’s time for you to join this financially rewarding, stable and gratifying occupation. One recent study showed that California led other states in the number of advertised healthcare job vacancies, with other regions also showing a strong demand across the nation.
One healthcare worker said it best: “Touching someone’s life in a positive way is the most rewarding work that there is.”

To request free information about the healthcare career training programs offered in southern California, visit www.americancareer.com.
To request free information about the healthcare career training programs offered in northern California’s San Joaquin Valley, visit www.acicareercollege.com.

About American Career College
For over 25 years, American Career College (ACC) has been helping thousands of students get their start in the healthcare industry. ACC offers nine healthcare training programs at campuses in Los Angeles, Orange County and Norco, California:
Dental Assisting
Health Claims Examiner/Medical Biller
Massage Therapy
Optical Dispensing
Vocational Nursing
Pharmacy Technician
Surgical Technology
Diagnostic & Medical Sonography (Ultrasound)
Medical Assistant

About A.C.I. Career College
At its McHenry Avenue campus in Modesto, CA, the College offers six accredited healthcare training programs:
Health Information Specialist
Medical Clinical Assistant
Medical-Dental Administrative Assistant
Pharmacy Technician
Massage Therapist
Medical Dental Receptionist

These healthcare advisers make standard and customized solution combining their expert research, vision and practical achievements to join the opportunities of future landscape. These healthcare advisers or company can include following services.

Business Development :
Healthcare services perform detailed view of all action related to increase of your institution and make a broad and completely customized graph to assist your company prosper.

Focused Business Development :
May be your company has more known problem areas, Healthcare company focus on reasons of problems and obstacle and follow through graph to a support your company expansion.

Managed Care :
If you have problem with manage Healthcare deals? Than Healthcare will investigate in your accessible practice to find your ability and disability and make a strategy to make efficient your work.

Financial Alignment :
With forging plan alliances between hospitals, healthcare systems, Doctors, and other part, Healthcare consultant create fresh and better plan. And growth your company share and release from pressure of rising capital needs.

Market Analysis :
At a necessary time and graph not make in the framework of your company market and situation they are dam sure to failure. Healthcare services extraordinary quantitative and qualitative plan to sure that give the fruit full result.

“Our primary focus in the new EMR release has been to eliminate bottlenecks in the clinical workflow and information management.” said Divan Da’ve, CEO of OmniMD.

The new EMR release is based on input from the present users of the system who consistently stress the need to create a common platform for the work processes of the medical office. “Our aim is to make OmniMD’s complete suite of products a one-stop solution for the practice and the physician.” said Mr. Da’ve

OmniMD Integrated Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management system is a broad solution for a medical practice combining in a common package all of the most important information requirements: EMR for clinical documentation, Integrated medical billing and practice management , Document Management for patient reports, Appointment Scheduler for appointments, to name a few. All these modules work together smoothly to streamline all aspects of the clinical workflow.

Here are some of the main modules available

Automated Patient Reminder, an interactive voice technology that automatically calls and reminds the patient of appointments automatically updates the OmniMD Appointment Scheduler with the patient’s response. The result: reducing no-shows while saving the time and effort of calling and confirming each appointment.
Online Patient Eligibility is an online process for a quicker and more accurate check of a patient’s insurance eligibility, to avoid costly billing errors and claim denials. OmniMD provides real time as well as batch mode online checking for insurance eligibility across commercial and non-commercial insurance payers. Insurance eligibility can be verified through a single point access to all insurance players.
Point and Click EMR System: The new enhanced OmniMD EMR system allows providers to generate consistent, complete and accurate clinical documentation, by selecting variable terms from pre-structured or customized point-and-click templates. The Point-and-click system generates many clinically reports, such as health maintenance reminders, history, physical examination, tests, diagnoses and therapy. One of the major advantages of template based charting is the time needed to make the document available as a medical record. Since notes are created within the EMR, they are available immediately upon completion.

Integrated Billing Services and Practice Management System: OmniMD has introduced medical billing services to combine with electronic medical record and charge capture software as a part of its suite of products and services. Trained billing professionals at OmniMD provide these services and manage the complete billing operation so that claims are filled out accurately with charges entered at the point-of-care OmniMD’s using charge capture software. Claims are submitted to the payers in less than a day, instead of the usual 2-3 days, resulting in faster payments and increased cash flow.

These new features are fully integrated with OmniMD’s other features including Appointment Scheduler, Charge Capture, Prescription Writer, Referral Management, and medical transcription. As a result, OmniMD is one of the few vendors providing a comprehensive set of products and services to the medical practice.