Health Information Manager
What the work is
Collects, classifies and manages health data to meet the medical, legal, ethical and administrative requirements of health care organisations.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops and implements health information management policies, procedures, technology and security initiatives, adhering to standards and governance requirements
- Manages patient information systems and ensures data integrity and security
- Oversees the collection, storage and retrieval of health information
- Collaborates with Health Professionals to develop and maintain standardised documentation practices
- Produces timely and accurate clinical coding, assigning diagnosis and procedure codes using health classification standards
- Analyses and interprets data for statistical and research purposes
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the health information department of a fictional regional hospital. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A clinician finds exactly the record they need in seconds because the system you designed works
- A patient asks for their own records and you help them understand what is in them
- An audit finds the department's records in perfect order
Hard days
- A senior person wants access to a record they have no good reason to see
- A system fault means records are missing just as a deadline hits
- Rules about privacy that frustrate people who only want to help
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
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Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 223933, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.