Health Informaticists

Certification or Licensing

Voluntary certification is available from several health informatics associations. For example, the American Medical Informatics Association (via its Health Informatics Certification Commission) offers the certified health informatics professional credential to applicants who pass an examination and have a graduate degree in health informatics or a related field or have a bachelor's degree and extensive practical work experience in health informatics (i.e., between 8–10 years). The credential will be useful for data scientists and analysts, researchers, clinicians (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, dieticians), public health professionals, and health informaticists in other areas. Visit https://amia.org/careers-certifications/amia-health-informatics-certification-ahic for more information. The American Health Information Management Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, and other professional associations also provide certification.