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.
$105,850 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
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At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 5%. Today's estimate: 9%.
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The tasks
Sorted by . 17 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| 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.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 10% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 10% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 10% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 1%Half by Jul 2028 | |
| Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 10% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 3.5 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| 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.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 10% | 1.3 work weeks1.7 work days to 4.2 work weeks | 0%Half by Apr 2029 | |
| Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 6.7 h | 59%Half by now | |
| Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 2.1 h50 min to 5 h | 65%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars9% now, 75% by 2028
- Medical and Health Services Managers11% now, 63% by 2028
- Clinical Data Managers17% now, 86% by 2028
- Health Education Specialists11% now, 70% by 2028
- Nurse Practitioners64% now, 67% by 2028
- Medical Records Specialists89% now, 94% by 2028
Where this job works
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