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Ma ke kumu, ʻo ka hana a ka luna haʻuki lapaʻau ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā leo leo mai nā kauka a me nā mea mālama ola ʻē aʻe a kākau ʻia i mau hōʻike palapala. Akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka maoli o ke kuleana ma mua o ke kikokiko wale nō. No laila, he aha ka hana a ka luna haʻuki lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā?
Aia kā lākou mau kuleana nui i loko:
ʻO lākou ka nānā hope loa o ka maikaʻi, ka ʻāpana kanaka e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana ua haʻi ʻia ka moʻolelo o ke olakino o ka maʻi me ka pololei loa.

Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kahi ʻoihana hou, ʻelua o nā nīnau nui loa ʻo "He aha kaʻu e loaʻa ai?" a me "Ke koi ʻia nei ka hana?" E nānā kākou i nā helu no ka haʻuki lapaʻau.
Wahi a ka U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), ʻo ka uku makahiki waena no nā luna haʻuki lapaʻau he $37,550 i Mei 2023, ʻo ia hoʻi he $18.05 i kēlā me kēia hola (kumu).
Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻokoʻa nui ka pai o ka luna haʻuki lapaʻau. Hoʻomaopopo ka BLS i kahi ākea ākea: * 10% Haʻahaʻa: Liʻiliʻi ma mua o $27,150 * 10% Kiʻekiʻe: ʻOi aku ma mua o $53,730
ʻO nā mea e hoʻololi i ka uku e pili ana i kou pae o ka ʻike, kou mau palapala hōʻoia, kou wahi, a me kāu mea hana. No ka laʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā haukapila a me nā keʻena kauka kūikawā i nā uku kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā hui lawelawe haʻuki maʻamau.
Wahi a ka BLS, ke wānana nei lākou i ka 5% emi o ka hana no nā luna haʻuki lapaʻau mai 2022 a 2032. I ka nānā mua ʻana, hiki ke hoʻohoka ʻia kēlā, akā he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka no ke aha ma hope o ka helu.
ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia wānana ʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻenehana ʻike leo. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia ʻo ia hoʻi ke nalowale nei ka ʻoihana—ke hoʻololi nei ia. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo mua ʻia, ke hoʻololi nei ke kuleana mai ka haʻuki maʻemaʻe i kekahi o ka luna palapala olakino a i ʻole "luna hoʻoponopono lapaʻau." Pono kēia mau ʻoihana e hāʻawi i ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo o ka maikaʻi koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻōnaehana automated ke hāʻawi. Nānā, hoʻoponopono, a hoʻopau lākou i ka kikokiko i hana ʻia e AI e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka 100% pololei no nā moʻolelo o ka maʻi.
Eia kekahi, wānana pū ka BLS i kahi o 6,100 mau hāmama no nā luna haʻuki lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma ka awelika, ma luna o ka makahiki he ʻumi. Manaʻo ʻia kēia mau hāmama e hopena mai ka pono e pani i nā limahana e neʻe ana i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e haʻalele i ka hana, e like me ka hoʻomaha. No laila, ʻoiai ke emi iki nei ke kahua holoʻokoʻa, e loaʻa mau ana nā hana luna haʻuki lapaʻau no nā kānaka akamai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi.
Mākaukau e lawe i ka ʻanuʻu mua? Maʻalahi a hiki ke loaʻa ke ala e lilo ai i luna haʻuki lapaʻau. Eia kahi hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o pehea e lilo ai i luna haʻuki lapaʻau.
ʻO kēia ka koi kumu no kekahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa postsecondary a ʻo ia ka ʻanuʻu mua pono loa ma kou ala ʻoihana.
ʻOiai hiki ke hiki ke komo i ke kula me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūhelu, he paʻakikī loa ia a ʻaʻole ia e koi ʻia. ʻOi aku ka makemake o nā mea hana i nā moho i hoʻopau i kahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa luna haʻuki lapaʻau. ʻElua āu mau koho nui:
E pili ana kahi papahana maikaʻi i nā papa hana ma: * Anatomy a me ka Physiology * Huaʻōlelo Lapaʻau * Pharmacology * Grammar a me Punctuation * Kānāwai a me Ethics o ka Mālama Ola (me HIPAA) * Hoʻolālā Palapala Lapaʻau * Nā Hana Haʻuki Maoli
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa hilinaʻi e pili ana i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa a i ʻole ka ʻike hana ma lalo o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Eia kahi āu e hoʻohana ai i ka polokalamu haʻuki, nā wāwae wāwae, a me nā poʻo pepeiao e hoʻopau ai i nā leo lapaʻau maoli (anonymous). He waiwai nui kēia hoʻomaʻamaʻa lima no ke kūkulu ʻana i ka wikiwiki a me ka pololei i makemake ʻia e nā mea hana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he koi kānāwai ka palapala hōʻoia luna haʻuki lapaʻau, he mea hana mana ia e hōʻike ai i kou hiki a me kou ʻoihana i nā mea hana mana. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā hana luna haʻuki lapaʻau maikaʻi loa i makemake a koi ʻia paha.
ʻO ke kino hōʻoia nui ʻo ka Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). Hāʻawi lākou i ʻelua mau palapala hōʻoia koʻikoʻi:
Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu palapala hōʻoia RHDS ke hoʻonui nui i kāu resume a wehe i nā puka hou aʻe ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu ʻimi hana.
No ke kūleʻa i kēia kahua, pono ʻoe i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mākau ʻenehana a me nā ʻano pilikino. Eia nā mākau luna haʻuki lapaʻau nui āu e pono ai e hoʻomohala:
Nā Mākau Paʻa
Nā Mākau Palupalu
ʻO kekahi o nā mea huki nui loa o kēia ʻoihana ʻo kona maʻalahi. Hana nā luna haʻuki lapaʻau ma kekahi mau wahi nui:
ʻO ka ʻano nui loa, ʻo ia ka hana mamao. He nui a ke ulu nei ka pākēneka o ka poʻe hana he luna haʻuki lapaʻau e hana ana mai ka home. Hāʻawi kēia i ka maʻalahi kupaianaha, hoʻopau i nā manawa huakaʻi, a hāʻawi i kahi ola maikaʻi loa no nā mea he nui.
Maʻalahi ka huikau i kēia mau hana ʻelua, no ka mea, ʻo ka "pehea" a me ka "ma hea" ka ʻokoʻa loa. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa o ka luna haʻuki lapaʻau vs luna palapala lapaʻau ke kī.
Luna Haʻuki Lapaʻau:
Luna Palapala Lapaʻau:
Ma ka pōkole, hoʻopaʻa ka luna haʻuki i ka wā i hala, ʻoiai ka luna palapala e hoʻopaʻa i ka wā o kēia manawa.
ʻO ka lilo ʻana i luna haʻuki lapaʻau kahi koho ʻoihana maikaʻi loa no nā poʻe me ka manaʻo kikoʻī e makemake e kōkua i ke kahua olakino ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo koʻikoʻi. He ʻoihana ia e koi ai i ka pololei, ke aloha i ka ʻōlelo, a me ka hoʻimaka ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana i nā manawa a pau.
ʻOiai ke hoʻololi nei ke kuleana me ka ʻenehana, ʻo ka pono no ka hoʻokele kanaka akamai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka pololei o nā moʻolelo o ka maʻi e mau ana ka nui o ka pono. Me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa luna haʻuki lapaʻau kūpono a me ka palapala hōʻoia, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūkulu i kahi ʻoihana paʻa a maʻalahi hoʻi, pinepine mai ka hōʻoluʻolu o kou home ponoʻī.
Inā ua hoʻāla kēia alakaʻi i kou hoihoi, ʻo ka ʻanuʻu aʻe ka nīnau ʻana i nā papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa accredited ma kou wahi a i ʻole ma ka pūnaewele. Inā ke hoʻomau nei ʻoe i ka nīnau ʻana, e noʻonoʻo e nānā i nā ʻoihana kākoʻo olakino pili e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lapaʻau a i ʻole ka lilo ʻana i mea kōkua lapaʻau e ʻike i ke ala e kūpono loa ai i kou mau mākau a me kāu mau pahuhopu.
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