Summary Report for:
15-2041.02 - Clinical Data Managers
Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Interests | Work Values | Wages & Employment | Additional Information
Tasks
- Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
- Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as data coding, reporting, or transfer, database locks, and work flow processes.
- Process clinical data including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
- Analyze clinical data using appropriate statistical tools.
- Confer with end users to define or implement clinical system requirements such as data release formats, delivery schedules, and testing protocols.
- Design and validate clinical databases including designing or testing logic checks.
- Generate data queries based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry to resolve identified problems.
- Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
- Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data.
- Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.
Interests
Interest code: CI
| Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
| Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
Work Values
| Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
| Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
| Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Statisticians.
Employment data collected from Statisticians.
Industry data collected from Statisticians.
| Median wages (2008) | $34.91 hourly, $72,610 annual |
| Employment (2008) | 23,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2008-2018) | 
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected job openings (2008-2018) | 9,600 |
| Top industries (2008) |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 wage data
and 2008-2018 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2008-2018). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Sources of Additional Information
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- Statisticians
. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition.