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Healthcare providers, insurance companies, pharmacies, and patients rely on information concerning treatment, medications, medical histories, and payment. Health informatics professionals manage records and communications input, storage, and data recovery. They're usually associated with hospitals, clinics, consulting companies, laboratories, suppliers, or insurance companies.

How to Prepare for a Career in Health Informatics

To succeed in medical informatics, you need a solid educational foundation in information technology. You must know medical protocols and practices in:

Nursing
Surgery
Clinical care
Biomedicine
Dentistry
Pharmaceuticals

To advance in the health informatics industry, you must understand: privacy and patient laws in medical reporting; and computer hardware, medical record software, and network security.

Health Informatics Education Requirements

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), you can land an entry-level health information technician or medical records job with an associate's degree in health informatics. The BLS reports grads who earn a Registered Health Information Technicians credential have the best opportunities. Computer network administrators need, at least, a bachelor's degree, while managers may complete a master's degree or MBA with a focus on health informatics.

Salary Range and Job Outlook

The BLS predicts network and computer systems administrators' jobs will rise 23 percent from 2008 to 2018, while medical records and health information technician jobs will grow 20 percent. According to the BLS, the median 2008 salary for medical records and health information technicians was $30,610. The median annual wage for network administrators was $66,310.

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University of Phoenix

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Walden University

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Kaplan University

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MS in Nursing - Informatics
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California College San Diego

California College San Diego (CCSD) offers degree programs in Medical Specialties, Respiratory Therapy, Healthcare Administration, Business Management and Accounting, Computer Technology and Networking, Computer Programming, and Computer Science. Online programs are offered by our affiliated college, Stevens-Henager College, Salt Lake City/Murray.

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Arizona State University Online

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Master of Healthcare Innovation

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Grand Canyon University

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M.S. in Nursing: Health Care Informatics
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Western Governors University

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B.S. Health Informatics

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University of South Florida

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