Career Explorer Healthcare (clinical)
Grows with AI
Health information technologists and medical registrars
Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases.
Changing faster than most: more resilient than 39% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +15.9% by 2035, much faster than average. The work leans on ethical judgement and creative vision.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $68,020
- Job growth to 2035
- +15.9%
- Openings a year
- 3,000
- People doing it (2025)
- 42,000
- Usual route in
- Associate's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Perform administrative or clerical activities
- Process digital or online data
- Present research or technical information
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Collect information about patients or clients
- Design databases
- Maintain health or medical records
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- More of these jobs, as larger amounts of health data are generated over the coming years. Organizations across all industries, especially those tied to healthcare, will need technologists and registrars to process the data to support operational and clinical decision-making.
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Also known as: Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records Director.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.