Health Informatics Specialists

Overview

Health Informatics Specialists has a national median salary of $105,850 per year, with +7.9% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Work Values

• Achievement
• Independence
• Support

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
• Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
• Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
• Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
• Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.

Work Activities

• Working with Computers
• Getting Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Developing and Building Teams

Detailed Work Activities

• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Health Informatics Specialists:

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