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What kind of job can I get with a degree in Health Care Informatics?

With the nation's focus redirected on the health care industry, the demand for informaticists has increased and will continue to grow. Many opportunities exist and the possiblities are endless!

You can search well-known job sites or you can venture off into more specialized searches as going to vendor sites or specific companies and clicking into their own job listings as in some of the examples below. Pick a location - Pick a company - check out the vast and exciting career opportunities in health care informatics.

AMIA Job Exchange

Career Builder

Yahoo! Hot Jobs

Monster

Dice

Medhunters

Cerner

Meditech

Jobs at NIH (National Institutes of Health)

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IT Jobs in Healthcare

The following are some of the minimum competencies and skills sought after by industry leaders:

Oral & Written Communication
Project Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Project
Analytical & Problem Solving Skills
Implementation of Healthcare Software
Presentation & Teaching Skills
SQL
HL7

Billing
Clinical Change Management
Databases
Quality Initiatives
Workflow in Healthcare
Crystal Reports
Research
Administration - Healthcare
Analytic Methodologies & Techniques
Data Analyst
Re-engineering