Health Informatics Specialists

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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 Hot Technology
  • Epic Systems Hot Technology In Demand

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology In Demand

Object or component oriented development software

  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS Hot Technology
  • Perl Hot Technology

Education

Education: (rated 5 of 5)
master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed

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