“Medical informatics encompasses all means of understanding and promoting the effective organization, analysis, management and use of information in healthcare. People who work in medical informatics are highly educated in both information science and healthcare. They understand how to acquire, store, protect, retrieve and use a wide range of information about health and medicine. They understand the “ins and outs” of computerized and non-computerized information systems and also are familiar with clinical guidelines, workflows and medical terminology.” – ExploreHealthCareers.org
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If you’re looking to gain experience in this field, consider working within a medical setting, gaining experience with electronic medical records systems, and coursework related to computer science and systems, biostatistics, data science, or project management. Learn more about your path to a Health Informatics career.
Job Types
Healthcare informatics, analytics, and technology is a quickly growing career field, especially with the importance of electronic health and medical records. Jobs exist in health systems and hospitals, medical software companies, medical devices companies, and consulting firms.
Examples of jobs include:
- Health informatics consultant
- Electronic medical record keeper
- Health information technologist
- Medical registrars
- Medical records analysts
- Clinical informatics analyst
- Clinical information systems coordinator/educator
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