Health Informatics Specialists
Clinical Informaticist, Clinical Informatics Specialist, Health Informaticist, Nursing Informatics Specialist
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- design
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Health
- medicine and dentistry
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilities
Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Initiative
- Integrity
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Epic Systems
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Object or component oriented development software
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS
- Perl
Education
Education: (rated 5 of 5)
master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Job Outlook
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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