Break Into Health Informatics in 90 Days: A No-Hype Roadmap For Nurses And Allied Health Pros

A clear 90-day plan to pivot into health informatics without quitting your job. Discover the exact skills, portfolio projects, and weekly actions that help you land real interviews.

Health informatics sits at the intersection of patient care, data, and systems. It is not “tech for tech’s sake.” The work improves safety, quality, and efficiency. If you have clinical experience and you can think in systems, you can make the jump. This guide provides a focused 90-day plan to help you build marketable skills, proof of work, and interview traction. No gimmicks. Just actions that move the needle.

What Health Informatics Actually Is

Health informatics is the practice of translating clinical needs into data and technology solutions that clinicians will actually use. Typical work includes workflow analysis, order set design, documentation optimization, clinical decision support, quality measure reporting, change management, and training. You do not need to be a software engineer to start. You do need to be comfortable with structured thinking, basic data work, and frontline realities.

The Outcome You Are Aiming For

By Day 90, you should have:

• Two portfolio projects that…