Medical
informaticians hold following key positions :
1)
INDUSTRY : Executive information system managers : pharmaceutical ,
biomedical , hospital , immunological fields - all highly lucrative !!!
2)
ACADEMIA : Being a new field there immense potential in the teaching
line - not only in Universities - but also in Private firms for teaching their
employees.
3)
HOSPITAL : It is an integral part of hospital management - medical
informaticians will work as a team of hospital managers - especially
profit-oriented corporate hospitals who are committed to give excellent service
to patients .
4)
RESEARCH : research officers - corporate ,university associated and
government jobs . As per an aritcle in usnews.com a PHD in medical informatics
can expect to earn upto $1,00,000 and more per annum in industry and/or academia
.