Investigators analyzed 456 HIM job postings on Indeed.com in February 2017 to determine the most common skills and backgrounds job seekers specified.
Here are five things to know.
1. The most common words and phrases investigators identified in the job postings were health, medical, records and information. Others included data, privacy, computer and business.
2. Investigators analyzed the 100 most frequent words and phrases, which revealed a focus on analytics, data, documentation, health IT and standards.
3. The majority of job postings (75.29 percent) advertised roles related to operations and medical records administration.
4. Compared to other job categories, posts related to informatics/data analytics and education/communication required the most advanced skills and degrees.
5. Investigators also found the majority of posts (68.45 percent) required mid-level skills. In fact, the plurality of jobs required a bachelor’s degree, rather than an associate’s or master’s.
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