Careers in health informatrics include jobs as a Health Information Specialist, Systems Designer, Systems Integration Specialist. Some typical employers are described below.
Hospitals
Hospitals all must maintain computerized medical records and must not only manage patient records, but also analyze patterns of use of services.
Other Health Care Organizations
Both public and private organizations are required to collect information and report on service usage, and outcomes of services.
Insurance Industry
A mainstay of insurance work is analyzing patterns of automobile accidents and illnesses and the factors contributing to them. Employees would work in health records and other departments of private insurance companies.
Canadian Institute of Health Information and Other Institutes
These organizations have been established to provide ongoing data collection of analyses of a wide range of health and health care information. These activities involve analyzing information from health surveys, census, hospital discharges and provincial health care services.
Governments
Governments at all levels require support in collecting and analyzing health related information from a variety of sources. These may involve initiatives to integrate health records from hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors' offices. Data from a variety of areas such as housing, transportation, social services needs to be considered within health contexts.
Pharmaceutical and Other Health Care Related Industries
Assistance is required in analyzing patterns of use of drugs and other services in different population groups and prescribing patterns of doctors.
Public Health Departments
These departments are responsible for compiling data and creating population health reports.
International Agencies
These agencies are involved in analyzing/planning health care such as World Bank, World Health Organization, UNESCO, UNICEF, and the Pan American Health Organization among others will require those with informatics expertise.
