How to become a Medical Records and Health Information Technician
Official title: Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
Creates and maintains medical records and health information in health care facilities.
Main tasks
- Develop and prepare health indicators, and keep patient records up to date to collect, classify, store and analyse information
- Maintain medical records systems, admission and discharge documents and other medical reports
- Check medical records for clarity, accuracy and completeness
- Convert written and numerical information in medical records into codes under standard disease classification systems
- Keep medical records secure and confidential, and report to the authorities as required
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: management and administration (0413). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 7, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 4, five-year junior college (五專) 2. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$499,000 a year
- Demand for Health and care jobs is projected at about 774,000 in 2024 and about 876,000 in 2030. (+13.2%)
- 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.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Medical Records and Health Information Technician?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does a Medical Records and Health Information Technician earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$499,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Medical Records and Health Information Technician a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Medical Records and Health Information Technician?
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
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026