Technology
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$105,850
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$67k – $168k
Job outlook
+9% (faster than average)
AI exposure
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 2 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $109,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Health Informatics Specialists
Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Health Informatics Specialists Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Health Informatics Specialists
Entry / Junior
$67,340
~2 yrs to advance
Health Informatics Specialists
Established
$105,850
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Health Informatics Specialists
Senior
$136,780
Internships are a common on-ramp here — they speed up landing that first role and improve your odds, which is why the Safe and High-ceiling plans build one in.
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
- •Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
- •Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Technology
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- Carnegie Mellon University11% admit · $109,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
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