# Health Informatics Specialists

> 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.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 15-1211.01
- **Summary:** 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.

## Aliases

- Clinical Informaticist
- Clinical Informatics Specialist
- Health Informaticist
- Nursing Informatics Specialist
- Clinical Electronic Health Record Nurse (Clinical EHR Nurse)
- Clinical Informatics Analyst
- Clinical Informatics Nurse
- Nursing Informatics Officer
- RN Clinical Information Systems Coordinator (Registered Nurse Clinical Information Systems Coordinator)
- RN Clinical Information Systems Educator (Registered Nurse Clinical Information Systems Educator)
- Clinical Quality Auditor
- Clinical Specialist

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques. | Core | 4.A.4.a.2.h |
| Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems. | Core | 4.A.2.b.2.b |
| Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information. | Core | 4.A.3.b.1.b |
| Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.f |
| Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.f |
| 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. | Core | 4.A.2.b.2.b |
| Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management. | Core | 4.A.2.a.1.g |
| 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. | Core | 4.A.1.b.2.h |
| Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public. | Core | 4.A.4.a.3.b |
| Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research. | Core | 4.A.2.a.1.g |
| Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research. | Core | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics. | Core | 4.A.2.b.3.a |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Test computer system operations to ensure proper functioning. | 4.A.1.b.2.h |
| Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies. | 4.A.2.a.1.g |
| Design healthcare-related software applications. | 4.A.2.b.2.b |
| Provide technical information or assistance to public. | 4.A.4.a.3.b |
| Communicate project information to others. | 4.A.4.a.2.h |
| Install computer software. | 4.A.3.b.1.c |
| Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems. | 4.A.3.b.1.d |
| Provide technical support for software maintenance or use. | 4.A.4.b.6.d |
| Apply information technology to solve business or other applied problems. | 4.A.2.b.2.b |
| Analyze health-related data. | 4.A.2.a.4.f |
| Implement security measures for computer or information systems. | 4.A.3.b.1.b |
| Develop computer or information security policies or procedures. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Conduct research to gain information about products or processes. | 4.A.1.a.1.t |
| Design research studies to obtain scientific information. | 4.A.2.b.2.s |
| Train others in computer interface or software use. | 4.A.4.b.3.e |
| Develop guidelines for system implementation. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Document operational activities. | 4.A.3.b.6.h |
| Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends. | 4.A.2.b.3.a |
| Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware. | 4.A.4.b.6.d |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 4.38 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 4.2 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 4.12 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4.12 |
| English Language | knowledge | 4.05 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 4 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 4 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 4 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 4 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.88 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3.88 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3.88 |
| Originality | ability | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Learning Strategies | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.75 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.75 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.75 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.75 |
| Medicine and Dentistry | knowledge | 3.7 |
| Education and Training | knowledge | 3.67 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.62 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.62 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 3.55 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3.5 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 3.48 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Mathematics | knowledge | 3.24 |
| Design | knowledge | 3.19 |
| Psychology | knowledge | 3.15 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3.12 |
| Service Orientation | transferable_skill | 3.12 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Outlook | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Unix | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Visio | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Project | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Access | Specialized Skill |
| Apache Hadoop | Specialized Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Power BI | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes | yes |
| R | Object or component oriented development software | yes | yes |
| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Tableau | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | yes |
| Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| eClinicalWorks EHR software | Medical software | yes | no |
| Epic Systems | Medical software | yes | no |
| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes | no |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | Analytical or scientific software | yes | no |
| JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| MEDITECH software | Medical software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes | no |
| Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | no |
| Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes | no |
| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software | yes | no |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes | no |
| Allscripts Professional EHR | Medical software | no | no |
| Allscripts Sunrise | Medical software | no | no |
| Amkai AmkaiCharts | Medical software | no | no |
| Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR | Medical software | no | no |
| Cerner Millennium | Medical software | no | no |
| Cerner PowerChart | Medical software | no | no |
| ChartWare EMR | Medical software | no | no |
| Computer aided software engineering CASE tools | Object or component oriented development software | no | no |
| Computerized physician order entry CPOE software | Medical software | no | no |
| e-MDs software | Medical software | no | no |
| Electronic medical administration record eMAR software | Medical software | no | no |
| GE Healthcare Centricity EMR | Medical software | no | no |
| Healthcare management system | Medical software | no | no |
| LAMP Stack | Web platform development software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 5 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.85 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.81 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 4.67 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.42 |
| Contact With Others | 4.38 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.35 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.3 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.29 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 4.24 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 3.95 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 3.7 |
| Time Pressure | 3.62 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.52 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.48 |
| Level of Competition | 3.43 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 3.38 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.38 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.19 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.19 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.9 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.9 |
| Public Speaking | 2.76 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 2.76 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 2.76 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.7 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 2.57 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 2.52 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.2 |
| Exposed to Disease or Infections | 2.19 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2.14 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 1.67 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 1.62 |
| Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People | 1.52 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 1.4 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 1.35 |
| Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | 1.32 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 1.29 |
| Outdoors, Under Cover | 1.29 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 1.29 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 5
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- **Experience:** Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- **Svp Range:** (8.0 and above)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Master's Degree | 52.38 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 19.05 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 9.52 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 4.76 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 4.76 |
| Post-Master's Certificate | 4.76 |
| Doctoral Degree | 4.76 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dependability | work_style | 8 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 7 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 6.29 |
| Integrity | work_style | 6 |
| Information Technology | specific_interest_area | 5.77 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 5 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 4.71 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 4.52 |
| Intellectual Curiosity | work_style | 4 |
| Health Care Service | specific_interest_area | 3.81 |
| Life Science | specific_interest_area | 3.67 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 3.45 |
| Medical Science | specific_interest_area | 3.31 |
| Teaching/Education | specific_interest_area | 3.06 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 3 |
| Cooperation | work_style | 3 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 29-9021.00 | role-29-9021-00 | Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars | Primary-Short |
| 11-9111.00 | role-11-9111-00 | Medical and Health Services Managers | Primary-Short |
| 15-2051.02 | role-15-2051-02 | Clinical Data Managers | Primary-Short |
| 21-1091.00 | role-21-1091-00 | Health Education Specialists | Primary-Short |
| 29-1171.00 | role-29-1171-00 | Nurse Practitioners | Primary-Short |
| 29-2072.00 | role-29-2072-00 | Medical Records Specialists | Primary-Long |
| 29-2099.08 | role-29-2099-08 | Patient Representatives | Primary-Long |
| 11-9121.01 | role-11-9121-01 | Clinical Research Coordinators | Primary-Long |
| 19-4061.00 | role-19-4061-00 | Social Science Research Assistants | Primary-Long |
| 15-1211.00 | role-15-1211-00 | Computer Systems Analysts | Primary-Long |
| 29-1141.04 | role-29-1141-04 | Clinical Nurse Specialists | Supplemental |
| 25-1072.00 | role-25-1072-00 | Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Digital Technology | digital-technology |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | computer-and-information-sciences-and-support-services |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 103790
- **Mean Wage:** 111960
- **Pct10Wage:** 63160
- **Pct25Wage:** 80900
- **Pct75Wage:** 132360
- **Pct90Wage:** 166030
- **Employment:** 497800
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 168670 | 105750 | 4.85 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 63990 | 104910 | 3.18 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 59610 | 109210 | 6.57 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 36050 | 107630 | 3.84 |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 32810 | 98600 | 0.44 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 24760 | 105590 | 0.85 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 23750 | 109680 | 0.58 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 20170 | 88680 | 0.46 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 13950 | 106280 | 0.72 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 12770 | 116320 | 1.49 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 11100 | 124390 | 2.97 |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 10890 | 102580 | 7.51 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 10890 | 7.51 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 59610 | 6.57 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 168670 | 4.85 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 36050 | 3.84 |
| 541720 | 541720 | Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 740 | 3.77 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 63990 | 3.18 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 11100 | 2.97 |
| 221112 | 221112 | Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation | National industry | 630 | 2.74 |
- **Count:** 43

## Ai Signals


## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 90
- **Percentile:** 95
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 90 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 91 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 2

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.9696969696969697 | 90 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.3126242495751441 | 91 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0
- **Beta:** 0.48484848484848486
- **Gamma:** 0.9696969696969697

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | 0.06809526352764278 | 4.14 |
| Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information. | 0.05453783549498991 | 4.43 |
| Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services. | 0.012324934575138965 | 4.33 |
| Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public. | 0.003286649220037057 | 4 |
| Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed. | 0.002567694703153951 | 3.7 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 8.7
- **Growth Percentile:** 90
- **Direction:** Growing fast
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 34.2
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 86
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 521.1
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 566.5

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 17
- **Skills:** 44
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 62
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** 5df1f0b0b751509b