Health Information Technologists
Official O*NET title: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars (29-9021.00)
Also called: medical records analyst, medical records director
Do you do this at work?
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Do you do this at work?
Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability
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How AI is changing health information technologists work
10 of 13 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Red (lots of AI use) — 77%. 3 newer tasks are not in the data yet and left out.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability (main task) — a lot of recorded AI use
- Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Develop in-service educational materials (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical staff (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Train medical records staff (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups, using appropriate computer software (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Help with and promote activities (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of staff in the medical records department (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system (main task) — too new for the AI data
- Protect the security of medical records to make sure that confidentiality is maintained (main task) — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability”. Try the prompt for: “Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and health information technologists
Will AI replace health information technologists?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 10 of the 16 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Red rating (lots of AI use). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 3 of the 16 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which health information technologist tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability; identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems; prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information.
Which health information technologist tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups, using appropriate computer software; manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of staff in the medical records department; protect the security of medical records to make sure that confidentiality is maintained. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 89% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a health information technologist start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Health Information Technologists ranks #36 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #1 of 80 in Healthcare. It’s in our top 50 jobs most changed by AI.
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