Exploring Professional Opportunities in Informatics Within the rapidly growing field of health informatics, there are diverse and continually evolving professional opportunities. To prepare for this Discussion, consider the perspectives on these professional opportunities provided by the presenters in this weeks video and by the readings in the Resources. What health informatics role might you want to pursue professionally? Why? What responsibilities associated with that role would most appeal to you? Why? What aspects of that role and its associated responsibilities would you expect might be most challenging? Why? Reading materials

1) Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Introduction to health informatics: What do health informaticians do? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 10 minutes.

• Inthisweek'svideo,thepresentersdiscusstheexperientialandpersonalattributesthatarehelpfulinordertosucceedinthefield,aswellastheprofessionalopportunitiesthatareavailabletothehealthinformatician
• 2) Article: Hersh, W. (2006). Who are the informaticians? What we know and should know. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 13(2), 1661 70. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447543/pdf/166.pdf