According to Department of Labor, careers in healthcare and technology are projected to grow. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts the medical and health informatics field to have a faster than average employment rate of 18 percent through 2016. Medical informaticians use their information science skills to advance the sciences. Medical informaticians have diverse responsibilities in utilizing the expanding volume of medical information related to healthcare delivery and research, such as the evaluation of medical tests for health insurance companies. The need for trained medical informaticians to manage health records is in high demand, as well as, people who can create applications for them. Additionally, current techniques need to be taught to medical students, as well as, the creation of new techniques.
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