Informaticians: how they may benefit your healthcare organization.

The heightened focus on health information technology deployment, specifically the electronic health record, has magnified the need for the knowledge and skills of informaticians. The clinical informatician is frequently confused with system analyst and project management roles. In this article, the authors explore the knowledge and skills of informaticians and how to determine the skill combinations most suited to an organization and compare the roles of informaticians, project managers, and information technology professionals.