How do they match: 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.

  • Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
  • 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.
  • Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
  • Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.
  • Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
  • Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics.
  • Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
  • Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.

  • Provide technical information or assistance to public.
  • Provide technical support for software maintenance or use.