Description
Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
Interests
- Conventional
- Investigative
Work Values
- Achievement
- Support
- Independence
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Analytical Thinking
Tasks
- Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
- Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
- Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
- Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
- Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
Work Activities
- Working with Computers
- Getting Information
- Processing Information
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Detailed Work Activities
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software
- Presentation software
- Analytical or scientific software
- Medical software
- Data base reporting software
Abilities
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Comprehension
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
Knowledge
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- Medicine and Dentistry
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Certified Clinical Data ManagerCertifying Organization
Society for Clinical Data Management
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Certified Clinical Documentation SpecialistCertifying Organization
Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Certification in Clinical Informatics SubspecialtyCertifying Organization
American Board of Preventive Medicine
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
Certified Documentation Improvement PractitionerCertifying Organization
American Health Information Management Association
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $67,977 |
| Median (50%) | $105,473 |
| High (90%) | $156,066 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | N/A |
| Mid Level | N/A |
| Senior Level | N/A |
| Expert Level | N/A |
Employability
There are currently 202,900 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 276,000 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 36%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 36%
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