What would you do as a Health information systems coordinator?
Health information systems coordinators
- usually work regular business hours
- usually work in offices, hospitals or medical centres
- need to be accurate, organised and responsible
Tasks
- manage health data and records
- make sure patient records are safe and private
- keep health data updated
- fix issues with health information systems
- train staff to use health data systems
- follow health rules and laws about data
- work with IT teams to improve systems
- create reports from health data
- research new technology for keeping records
- support healthcare staff with data access
How can you become a Health information systems coordinator?
You usually need a qualification and experience to become a health information systems coordinator.
You may need
- a relevant tertiary qualification in business and management, information systems, public health studies or similar area
- experience in similar work
- knowledge of the Privacy Act
If you're in school
You usually need NCEA Level 3 to do the study or training for this job.
