Careers in Medical Informatics
Students who complete the Master of Science degree in Medical Informatics can advance their careers in health informatics-related professions or move into new areas associated with biomedical informatics and healthcare information technology.
The master of medical informatics (MMI) program graduates will have a competitive advantage when seeking medical informatics jobs in:
- Health Care Administration and Management
- Design, extract and analyze management information from health care information systems
- Develop implementation and financing strategies for integrating electronic health record systems into organizations
- Create innovative applications for electronic health records
- Provide information management consulting services to healthcare organizations
- Clinical IT Leadership
- Promote the design and deployment of new technologies to improve patient outcomes
- Design and develop clinical decision support and knowledge-based systems
- Research
- Develop new techniques and technologies for integrating clinical and research data and information
- Collaborate with industry as a consultant, providing clinical input during design process
- Education / Academic
- Teach medical and clinical students, residents, and fellows core informatics concepts
- Develop education programs in biomedical informatics
Types of Organizations:
- Hospitals and other healthcare providers
- Private healthcare practices
- Medical software companies
- Healthcare consulting companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Medical device and medical technology companies
- Medical libraries
- Public health organizations
- Government and non-governmental agencies and healthcare associations
- Insurance and other healthcare related companies
- Research laboratories
- Academics
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