Jobs / Healthcare / 29-9021.00
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases.
- US jobs
- 38,100
- Median wage
- $68,020 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of health information technologists and medical registrars?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 13%Perform administrative or clerical activitiesNot measured
- 6%Collect information about patients or clientsNot measured
- 6%Process digital or online dataNot measured
- 6%Design databasesNot measured
- 6%Prepare informational or instructional materialsNot measured
- 6%Promote products, services, or programsNot measured
- 6%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 6%Present research or technical informationNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
- Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.
- Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.
- Develop in-service educational materials.
- Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.
- Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.
- Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.
- Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.
- Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.
- Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
- Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.
- Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
Other job titles for this occupation (33)
Medical Records Analyst · Medical Records Director · Applications Analyst · Cancer Registrar · Cancer Tumor Registrar · Certified Cancer Registrar · Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR) · Clinical Analyst · Clinical Data Specialist · Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist (CDIS) · Compliance Coordinator · Data Integrity Specialist · Digital Health Technologist · Health Data Analyst · Health Information Administrator · Health Information Management Specialist · Health Information Management Technician (Health Information Management Tech) · Health Information Specialist · Health Information Technician · Health Information Technology Specialist · Health Records Technician (Health Records Tech) · Healthcare Data Analyst · MDS Coordinator (Minimum Data Set Coordinator) · Medical Care Evaluation Specialist · Medical Data Analyst · Medical Information Specialist · Medical Record Consultant · Medical Records Clerk · Public Health Registrar · ROI Specialist (Release of Information Specialist) · Severity of Illness Coordinator · Tumor Registrar · Utilization Review Coordinator