Table 2.

Health Informatics and Health Information Management Professional Career Matrix

LEVEL	Clinical informatics	Health Information Analytics and Research	Business Intelligence/Organizational Management	Information Management/Information Governance	Information Systems/Information Technology	Standards and Terminologies	Privacy and Security	Education/Training
MASTER 10+yrs higher level HI or HIM experience Masters degree required PhD for academic roles HIM certification or additional certifications as required (e.g., accounting degree, PMP, CPHIMS, administration degree)	Chief Medical Information Officer Chief Public Health Informatics Officer	Vice President – Research and Analysis Vice President, Analytics and Informatics	Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Practice Director Director of Business Intelligence and Strategic Planning	Vice President – HIM Chief Quality Officer Chief Information Officer	Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer	Head of Terminology Head of Applications and Architecture CEO – Standards Development Organizations	Chief Privacy Officer	Dean, Health Information (Sciences) or Health Informatics Dean, Health Sciences Chair, Health Information (Sciences)/lnformatics
ADVANCED 7+yrs higher level HI or HIM experience Masters degree an asset and, in some positions, a requirement; HIM certification or additional certifications as required For HI/HIM education – PhD for university programs; minimum Bachelor’s degree for college programs	Director, Clinical Informatics Clinical Informatics Specialist Lead Senior Informatics Analyst	Senior Policy Analyst Director – Health Analytics Senior Data/Information Analyst Research Scientist	Senior Methodologist Director of Population Health-Ministry Lead – Decision Support Director, Quality and Performance Measurement Change & Evaluation Services Director Knowledge Translation Director Senior Project Manager	Information Management Director Forensic Investigation Specialist Standards Director Clinical Documentation Improvement Manager Information Management Governance Liaison	Architecture Director Information Technology Director Enterprise Architect Information Systems Manager	Director-Terminology Standards Information Officer – Reference Sets Director – Information System Standards Clinical Terminology Standards Specialist	Privacy Officer Access and Privacy Manager	Professor, Health Information Management HIM Instructor Program Coordinator Professor, Health Informatics
INTERMEDIATE 3+ — 7 yrs HI or HIM experience Bachelor’s degree or diploma HIM certification or additional certifications may be required	Clinical Informatics Analyst Informatics Specialist Clinical Application Liaison Implementation Analyst Informaticist	Administrative Decision Support Analyst Clinical Decision Support Analyst Information/Data Analyst Senior Researcher Research Associate	Process Improvement Specialist Business Intelligence Analyst Case Costing Specialist Risk Manager Senior Business Analyst Engagement Manager Program Manager Project Manager Service Manager Clinical Data Specialist Transition & Change Management Lead	Data Modeler Registry Manager Cancer Tumor Registrar Identity Management Coordinator Clinical documentation improvement specialist Concurrent Coding Specialist Coding Specialist IM Standards Specialist IM Policy Analyst IM Auditor IM Information Steward	Senior Testing Analyst Data Architect Solution Architecture Lead Security Specialist Decision Support System Developer Database Analyst Information Architect Usability Analyst Help Desk Coordinator	Classification/Terminology asset mapping specialist Content Management Expert Compliance Specialist Data Mapping Specialist Code Mapping Specialist Standards Manager Health Information Semantics Content Expert	Access and Disclosure Auditor/Trainer Consent Management Specialist Information Steward Privacy Specialist	HIM sessional educator HI sessional educator Education consultant Trainer/Training Coordinator Clinical Lecturer Adjunct Instructor
ENTRY/EVOLVING 0 – 3 years work related experience Bachelor’s degree or diploma HIM certification or additional certifications may be required		Research assistant Junior Research Analyst	Benefits & Evaluation Analyst Central Intake Coordinator Product Specialist Junior Business Analyst Business Analyst Policy Analyst Risk Analyst Risk Management Analyst Product Support Analyst	Data Integrity Specialist Info integrity steward Health Information Integrity Analyst Information Steward Information Broker Consumer Information Broker Data Integrity Specialist Identity mgmt coordinator Junior coder Data Quality Specialist Registry Agent Portal Agent	Data Modeler Solutions Architect Technical Lead Help Desk Technician Testing Analyst Operations Assistant Mobile App Developer Desktop Support	Data Profiler Standards Analyst Integration Analyst Standards Subject Matter Expert	Privacy & Data Access Lead Release of Information Specialist Access and Disclosure Specialist Privacy Analyst Request Coordinator	Teaching assistant Trainer

Key:

HIM focused (bolded job titles/roles) – would require strong HIM education/skill set/certification

HI focused (italicized job titles/roles) – would require strong HI or IS/IT education/skill set/certification

Plain text requires HI and/or HIM experience/education

Levels refer to educational or experiential requirements needed or recommended to successfully fulfill the job requirements – gradation from entry level (ENTRY/EVOLVING) to mastery (MASTER) of subject matter