Careers in HIHIM
Health Informatics and Health Information Management is an exciting, challenging career. From your own doctor's office to the president's oval office - health information affects your health, that of your family, your community, and the world. Health information needs to be collected, secured, processed, coded, managed, and used to provide planning and communication for your health care and data for long-term health of population groups.
Join the cadre of sophisticated health information managers who are creating the new architecture and management processes for the electronic health record, a cornerstone of the evolving health and medical informatics field.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the employment of health information managers is expected to grow faster than average through 2014, as the health care industry continues to expand and diversify. Job opportunities will be especially good in offices of health practitioners, general medical and surgical hospitals, home health care services, and outpatient care centers. Significant employment opportunities are available for entry level specialists and there is an excellent potential for professional growth.
Health information specialists in the past, worked in healthcare organizations: hospitals, public health agencies and clinics. But other organizations also need accurate and up-to-date health information. Increasingly, employers are information systems vendors and developers, software developers and marketers, insurance companies, law firms, physician groups, information management consulting firms, accounting and financial management consultants, health data organizations, specialty provider organizations such as behavioral health organizations and hospice programs, skilled nursing facilities, and others.
A career in health information management positions you to directly affect the present and future of medical privacy and the electronic storage, processing and transmission of medical records and health information. Health information management:
- is one of the 20 fastest growing occupations
- commands entry level salaries from $35,000 to $50,000+
