12111 Health information management occupations

What this occupation covers

Health information management workers collect, code, record, review and manage health information. They are employed by hospitals, clinics, workplace health and safety boards, health record consulting firms and other health care establishments. Health information management workers who are supervisors are included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• Classify and code diseases according to an established classification system
• Collect, code, cross-reference and store health records and related information
• Abstract, assemble and analyze clinical data and related demographic information from health records according to established policies and procedures
• Operate information systems to maintain indexes for classification systems and to manage and retrieve health records information
• Prepare medical, social and administrative statistics
• Use and maintain software or information technology systems
• May implement and update health information systems and also provide support and training
• May supervise other health information management technicians and related workers.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting
• 10019 Other administrative services managers
• 14100 General office support workers
• 12112 Records management technicians

Excluded from this code

• Health information management consultant (See 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting)
• Health records administrator (See 10019 Other administrative services managers)
• Health records clerk (See 14100 General office support workers)
• Records management technicians (See 12112 Records management technicians)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

cancer registrar · clinical data coordinator · health information management coder · health information management practitioner · health information management professional · health information management supervisor · health information management technician · health records classifier · health records management coder · health records management supervisor · health records technician · medical archivist · medical records supervisor · medical records technician · medical records technicians supervisor · medical records unit supervisor · tumour registrar

Employment requirements

• Health information management technicians and related workers require completion of a recognized two-year college diploma program in health record technology or health information management.
• Health information management technicians and related workers are eligible to write the Canadian Health Information Management Association national certification examination which may be required by employers.