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How to become a Health Information Manager

Also called: Health Information Clerk, Medical Records Clerk, Medical Records Officer

Checks, stores and manages medical records, and collects, processes and analyses accurate data and information from them to provide the information needed.

Workers in this job say vocational college (senmon gakko) or university is common. From job tag's survey of people in each job, who could give several answers. It shows what workers see as common, not how many workers hold each level.

How to become one

Having the health information manager qualification helps you get a job. You can gain it by graduating from a university or senmon gakko (vocational college) designated by the Japan Hospital Association, or by taking the association's distance learning course, and then passing its certification exam. You work directly with professionals such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists and laboratory technologists in hospital, so as well as office skills you need the medical knowledge to understand medical records and the ability to analyse and interpret the information drawn from them. Also important are the reading skills to understand records, the care to check documents for gaps, accuracy in organising and storing records, the cooperation to win the help of doctors and nurses, and a sense of responsibility in managing information. You must also keep studying to keep up with advances in medicine and related technology, and be able to understand records correctly even when they mix English and medical terms. The level of health information management in Japan's hospitals varies widely depending on their size and who runs them. However, to meet the needs of more advanced medicine and the social responsibilities of medical institutions, opportunities to build specialist skills after qualifying are growing, and certification of health information manager instructors is also under way.

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How do I become a Health Information Manager?

Having the health information manager qualification helps you get a job. You can gain it by graduating from a university or senmon gakko (vocational college) designated by the Japan Hospital Association, or by taking the association's distance learning course, and then passing its certification exam. You work directly with professionals such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists and laboratory technologists in hospital, so as well as office skills you need the medical knowledge to understand medical records and the ability to analyse and interpret the information drawn from them. Also important are the reading skills to understand records, the care to check documents for gaps, accuracy in organising and storing records, the cooperation to win the help of doctors and nurses, and a sense of responsibility in managing information. You must also keep studying to keep up with advances in medicine and related technology, and be able to understand records correctly even when they mix English and medical terms. The level of health information management in Japan's hospitals varies widely depending on their size and who runs them. However, to meet the needs of more advanced medicine and the social responsibilities of medical institutions, opportunities to build specialist skills after qualifying are growing, and certification of health information manager instructors is also under way.

How much does a Health Information Manager earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥5,286,700 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Other general clerical workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Health Information Manager?

Not always. In this job's census occupation group, 55% of workers are university graduates. Ways in include: Junior college (短期大学) programme; Vocational college (専門学校) course: Other medical courses.

Will AI change the work of a Health Information Manager?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026