Also called: CDS Analyst
Builds the pop-up alerts and order shortcuts inside a hospital's electronic health record that nudge doctors toward safer care.
Meets with pharmacists who want a warning when a kidney patient is ordered a risky dose. You build the rule in the record system, test it so it doesn't fire too often, then check data to see if doctors follow it or just click past it. Too many alerts and everyone ignores them, so less is often more.
Estimate based on health informatics analysts.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Often a nurse or pharmacist, or a health informatics graduate, plus employer-sponsored EHR certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Health Informatics, Nursing, Pharmacy, Information Systems.
Growing faster than average. Hospitals keep adding safety rules and AI tools to records.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI will suggest and tune alerts; choosing what is safe and testing it with clinicians stays human.
Classes: Biology, Computer science, AP Statistics.
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