Laura F.
From Dietician
To Epic Systems Trainer
Laura, MatchDay Health Fellow — Dietitian to Epic Systems Trainer
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Clinical Informatics

"I would never have looked at that job or secured the interview without my coach's help. I sent the message and had a response the next morning."

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You understand how care works. Clinical Informatics pays you to make the systems that deliver it work better.

Clinical Informatics sits at the intersection of clinical expertise and healthcare technology — the people who bridge the gap between how a system is built and how clinicians actually use it. MatchDay Fellows are landing these roles fully remote, with significant salary increases, and with no prior IT background required.

Your clinical workflow knowledge is your credential

Clinical Informatics roles require someone who understands how care gets documented, where EHR systems break down in practice, and how to train clinicians on systems they'll actually use.

That's not a skill you can hire a software engineer to provide — it's what clinicians bring, and it's why health systems consistently prefer clinical backgrounds for these roles.

One of the most remote-friendly tracks in healthcare IT

EHR training, implementation support, and informatics analyst roles are highly compatible with remote work — and the demand is growing as health systems continue migrating and upgrading clinical technology platforms.

Clinicians who make this transition consistently report better schedule predictability, no call, and significantly improved flexibility.

A proven process for a competitive market

The remote non-clinical healthcare IT market is highly competitive — not because you're underqualified, but because most clinicians don't know how to position their clinical experience for a technology audience.

MatchDay's coaching translates your EHR familiarity, documentation expertise, and clinical workflow knowledge into the language informatics hiring managers are looking for.

The Healthcare IT market is on track to triple — and Clinical Informatics is at the center of it.

Demand is strong, compensation is competitive, and clinicians with real-world experience have a significant edge over candidates without it. MatchDay helps clinicians translate that edge into a role they're built for.

15%
Projected job growth for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars, 2024–2034 (BLS 2026)
$143K
Average salary for a Clinical Informatics Specialist in health tech (Glassdoor, March 2026)
3x+
The global Healthcare IT market is on track to more than triple in size by 2033 (Grand View Research, 2025)

What is the Clinical Informatics career path?

Clinical Informatics professionals manage the systems, data, and technology that healthcare organizations use to deliver and document care. In practice, that means implementing and optimizing EHR platforms, training clinical staff on new workflows and systems, analyzing clinical data to identify trends and improve outcomes, and ensuring that the technology side of healthcare actually serves the clinical side rather than getting in its way.

The field spans a broad range of roles — from EHR trainers who work directly with clinical staff during system migrations, to clinical analysts who configure and optimize platform modules, to informatics directors who set technology strategy for entire health systems. What all of these roles share is a requirement for clinical credibility: you can't train a nurse on an EHR workflow you've never used, and you can't optimize a documentation system you don't understand from the inside.

That clinical credibility is precisely what MatchDay Fellows bring. Your years of using, navigating, and often working around healthcare technology aren't just background — they're the qualification.

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Where can your Clinical Informatics journey take you?

EHR Trainer / Epic Systems Trainer

Creating dashboards and
uncovering trends using SQL and
Tableau/Power BI.

$95,000

median pay
for EHR Trainers

Clinical Informatics Analyst

Creating dashboards and
uncovering trends using SQL and
Tableau/Power BI.

$102,000

median pay
for Clinical Informatics Analysts

Health Informatics Manager

Creating dashboards and
uncovering trends using SQL and
Tableau/Power BI.

$134,000

median pay
for Health Informatics Managers

Director of Clinical Informatics

Creating dashboards and
uncovering trends using SQL and
Tableau/Power BI.

$156,000

median pay
for Clinical Informatics Directors

Sourced from Glassdoor and Salary.com

Real career advancement means real salary progression.

$79,000

Median starting pay

$100,000

Median pay in 1–3 years

$156,000

Senior positions

This career path is built for you

You already have the translational skills, the soft skills, and the clinical experience. All you need is the story, the resume, and the interview skills to make the transition. Take a peek at your future self:

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Epic Systems Trainer

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$95,000
Expected salary
Hard Skills
System Training
Workflow Analysis
Clinical Data Analysis
Build Validation
Change Management
Gap Analysis
Data Integrity
Highly Investigative
Values Intellectual Stimulation
Soft Skills
Networking
Time Management
Stakeholders Management
Business Thinking
Cross-Team Collaboration
Problem Solving
Education
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Bootcamp
Clinical Background
7 years of clinical experience
You've spent most of your career using EHR or Epic Systems, and you know it like the back of your hand. Now it's your turn to teach others and get rewarded for it.

Clinical Informatics Program

Sprint 1: Clarity
Sprint 2: Confidence
Sprint 3: Career Success
Sprint 4: Community & Connections
Sprint 5: Preparation
Sprint 6: Career Success

Will I get a certificate? Of course! All Fellowship Graduates will get to share their experience on LinkedIn :)

Certificate of completition
Your name here
graduate from the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Track with a complete set of career-start skills
Skills mastered
Networking
Time Management
Stakeholders Management
Business Thinking
Cross-Team Collaboration
Problem Solving
May 25, 2026
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