Health Informatics Specialists

Computer and Mathematical Occupations
O*NET-SOC code
15-1211.01

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

  • Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08

    Very high· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)

    831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03

    0.276

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value

    Source dataset (CSV download)

  • Data source: ILOPublished: 2025

    0.49

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published

    Source dataset (PDF download)

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

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17 rated tasks · 16 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (94.1%)

β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.

  • Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
  • All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
Source
OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
Release
gh-main-0471612
License
MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI

Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.

Task (O*NET 27.2)βE1 + 0.5 × E2
Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.

O*NET Task ID 18088

0.5
Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.

O*NET Task ID 18089

0.5
Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.

O*NET Task ID 18090

0.5
Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.

O*NET Task ID 18092

0.5
Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.

O*NET Task ID 18093

0.5
Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.

O*NET Task ID 18094

0.5
Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.

O*NET Task ID 18095

0.5
Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.

O*NET Task ID 18096

0.5
Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.

O*NET Task ID 18097

0.5
Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research.

O*NET Task ID 18098

0.5
Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.

O*NET Task ID 18099

0.5
Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.

O*NET Task ID 18100

0.5
Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.

O*NET Task ID 18101

0.5
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics.

O*NET Task ID 18102

0.5
Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration.

O*NET Task ID 18103

0.5
Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics.

O*NET Task ID 18104

0.5

β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

All O*NET 31.0 task statements (17)

All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.

Task (O*NET 31.0)Type
Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.Core
Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.Core
Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.Core
Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.Core
Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.Core
Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.Core
Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.Core
Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.Core
Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.Core
Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research.Core
Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.Core
Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research.Core
Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.Core
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics.Core
Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration.Core
Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics.Core
Plan, install, repair, or troubleshoot telehealth technology applications or systems in homes.Supplemental

Occupation information

Employment outlook (BLS)

Values for the whole SOC 15-1211 group (Computer systems analysts), not for this O*NET occupation alone.

Employment, 2025
544K
Projected employment, 2035
587K
Change (2025–35)
+7.9%
Median annual wage, 2025
$105,850
Typical education needed for entry
Bachelor's degree
lowest $30,890median wage across 825 detailed occupations, BLS EP 2025–35highest $559,030

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 — Employment by detailed occupation, 2025 and projected 2035

Korea classification links (KSCO)

Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.

KSCO codeKSCO titleRelationStatus
24940보건의료정보 관리사Related, not a matchconfirmed

Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)

ILO occupational description

AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.

  • ISCO-08 2511Systems Analysts

The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.

Systems analysts conduct research, analyse and evaluate client information technology requirements, procedures or problems, and develop and implement proposals, recommendations and plans to improve current or future information systems.

Tasks

  • (a) consulting with users to formulate and document requirements and with management to ensure agreement on systems principles;
  • (b) identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices;
  • (c) identifying and evaluating inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices and system functionality and behaviour;
  • (d) taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans;
  • (e) developing functional specifications for use by systems developers;
  • (f) expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes;
  • (g) coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility.

Example occupations

Business analyst (IT) · Computer scientist · Information systems analyst · Systems consultant · Systems designer (IT)

Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits

ESCO occupational vocabulary

Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.

  • clinical informatics managerESCO 1342.1Overlapping, not the same

    Clinical informatics managers oversee the daily operations of information systems used in a medical institutions. They also carry out research, using their understanding of clinical practices to find ways to improve healthcare services.

  • ICT system analystESCO 2511.12Overlapping, not the same

    ICT system analysts specify the system needs to meet the end user requirements. They analyse system functions in order to define their goals or purposes and to discover operations and procedures for accomplishing them most efficiently. They also design new IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity, produce outline designs and estimate costs of new systems, specify the operations the system will perform, and the way data will be viewed by the end user. They present the design to the users and work closely with the users to implement the solution.

  • software analystESCO 2512.1Overlapping, not the same

    Software analysts elicit and prioritise user requirements, produce and document software specifications, test their application, and review them during software development. They act as the interface between the software users and the software development team.

Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)

License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)

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France classification links (ROME)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.

ROME codeROME title (French)Relation
M1880Spécialiste e-santéOverlapping, not the sameprovisional
M1617Médecin responsable de la Documentation et de l'Information Médicale (Médecin responsable DIM)Related, not a matchprovisional

Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.

ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.

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Spain classification links (CNO-11)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

CNO-11 codeCNO-11 title (Spanish)Relation
2121Enfermeros no especializadosRelated, not a matchprovisional
2711Analistas de sistemasRelated, not a matchprovisional

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.

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Germany classification links (KldB)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

KldB codeKldB title (German)Relation
43134Berufe in der Bio- und Medizininformatik - hoch komplexe TätigkeitenOverlapping, not the same

Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.

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Japan classification links (JSCO)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

JSCO codeJSCO title (Japanese)Relation
102システム設計者This occupation is narrower
133看護師(准看護師を含む)Related, not a match

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.

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