entry health informatic careers (analysis, interview, jobs, interest)

[Jjills]

Hi all! graduated in May with a B.S. in health informatics and would like to ask those in the health informatics field,what are any entry level jobs that helped them break into this industry.thanks in advance.

[usamathman]

Originally Posted by Jjills

Hi all! graduated in May with a B.S. in health informatics and would like to ask those in the health informatics field,what are any entry level jobs that helped them break into this industry.thanks in advance.

Data analyst

Clinical analyst

Statistician

Developing programming skills (Python, SAS) will also help you get a foot in the door.

[Jjills]

Thanks.

Originally Posted by usamathman

Data analyst

Clinical analyst

Statistician

Developing programming skills (Python, SAS) will also help you get a foot in the door.

[sonetlumiere]

Originally Posted by usamathman

Data analyst

Clinical analyst

Statistician

Developing programming skills (Python, SAS) will also help you get a foot in the door.

R, Hadoop,machine learning and predictive analytics are huge pluses.

[Francois]

Originally Posted by usamathman

Data analyst

Clinical analyst

Statistician

Developing programming skills (Python, SAS) will also help you get a foot in the door.

Very good advice. Also, learn about CRO (clinical research organizations), drug development, etc. There is a HUGE market for that but they want you to have some experience in it (same old Catch-22). I know you just finished school, so maybe getting essentially a data-entry position at a CRO would give you something for your resume later; I just know I have years of health data experience, SAS, etc, and when I was in a job hunt recently, there were SO many CRO jobs, but none were interested in me since I had never worked in that field. Even a short online course on drug development or the clinical trials process could be the extra thing it takes to get them to interview you.

Also, learn a data display tool like Tableau. It makes Excel graphs look like coloring books, and is not that hard to learn (I think you can do quite a bit with it on the public version, without a license). You can really wow people with your knowledge of Tableau, or Crystal Reports (older, but many places still use it), for data analysis jobs.

[mee9mee9]

What systems are taught in health information management and health informatics programs?

[MLSFan]

Come to the Midwest and work for cerner?