Salary Breakdown
Health Informatics Specialists
Average
$89,510
ANNUAL
$43.03
HOURLY
Entry Level
$59,620
ANNUAL
$28.67
HOURLY
Mid Level
$81,050
ANNUAL
$38.96
HOURLY
Expert Level
$129,620
ANNUAL
$62.32
HOURLY
Projected Jobs
Health Informatics Specialists
10,820
Projected job openings through 2030
Sample Career Roadmap
Health Informatics Specialists
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Top Expected Tasks
Health Informatics Specialists
01
Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
02
Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.
03
Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.
04
Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
05
Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.
06
Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
07
Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
08
Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration.
09
Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.
10
Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Health Informatics Specialists
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
Customer and Personal Service
KNOWLEDGE
Computers and Electronics
KNOWLEDGE
Education and Training
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
KNOWLEDGE
Medicine and Dentistry
SKILL
Reading Comprehension
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Judgment and Decision Making
SKILL
Speaking
SKILL
Writing
ABILITY
Written Comprehension
ABILITY
Inductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
ABILITY
Oral Expression
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
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