Health Informatics and Health Information Management Major

What career opportunities are available with a degree in HIHIM?

In addition to the information below, you can contact the UW Department of Health Services at hiainf03@u.washington.edu for information about a career in health informatics or health information management, or visit the department Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/hia.

Health information management is an exciting, challenging career. From your own doctor's office to the president's Oval Office – health information affects your health, that of your family, your community and the world. Health information needs to be collected, secured, processed, coded, managed.

A career in health information management positions you to directly affect the present and future of medical privacy and the electronic storage, processing and transmission of medical records and health information. Health information management is one of the 20 fastest growing occupations.

Based on your skills, education, and interest, here are some of the position titles and organizational departments available to health information professionals:

• Director of Health Information Administration
• Product Manager for Software Development Companies
• Health Information Systems Manager
• Compliance Administrator
• Information Security Officer
• Health Data Analyst
• Health Information Services Director
• Quality Improvement Analyst
• Research Data Coordinator
• Consultant
• Privacy Officer
• Decision Support Analyst
• Implementation Specialist for Hospital Systems
• Manager, Insurance Information Services
• Revenue Cycle Specialist, University Hospital Academic Medical Center