Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · Holland code CIS
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.
Also called: Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records Director.
O*NET 29-9021.00
At a glance
- US median annual pay
- $68,020
- Middle half earn $48,940 to $95,630. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
- Preparation needed
- Job Zone 3 of 5
- Medium preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
- US employment outlook, 2024 to 2034
- +15% · Much faster than average
- 41,900 jobs in 2024, projected 48,100. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, which groups this with similar roles as "Health information technologists and medical registrars".
What the work involves
The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.
- 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.
Who tends to enjoy it
How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.
- Realistic26
- Investigative70
- Artistic3
- Social47
- Enterprising20
- Conventional83
The same work abroad
Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.
European occupation titles (ESCO)
- ICT information and knowledge manager · DE Informations- und Wissensmanager/Informations- und Wissensmanagerin (IKT) · FR responsable des connaissances et de l'information informatique
- clinical informatics manager · DE Leiter der klinischen Informatik/Leiterin der klinischen Informatik · FR responsable informatique clinique
- information manager · DE Informationsmanager/Informationsmanagerin · FR gestionnaire d’information
- medical records manager · DE Patientendatenverwalter/Patientendatenverwalterin · FR responsable du service des dossiers médicaux
- picture archiving and communication systems administrator · DE PACS-Fachkraft · FR administrateur de systèmes d’archivage d’images et de communication/administratrice de systèmes d’archivage d’images et de communication
Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)
- Librarians (2471)30,700 employed
- Health services and public health managers and directors (1171)86,300 employed
- Information technology directors (1137)197,000 employed
Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.
Pay across Europe, for the whole group
Median annual earnings of all employees in “Technicians and associate professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.
| Country | Median pay |
|---|---|
| Belgium | €50,992 |
| Austria | €46,986 |
| Germany | €44,473 |
| Netherlands | €42,448 |
| Ireland | €41,613 |
| Sweden | €41,155 |
| Italy | €34,882 |
| France | €34,816 |
| Spain | €29,757 |
| Portugal | €18,080 |
| Poland | €12,108 |
Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.
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