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PORTLAND, Maine

Megan Landry interviewed about the demand for trained health informatics professionals

Megan Landry
Megan Landry

Megan Landry, M.H.A., B.S.N., program manager for the University of New England’s health informatics program in the Online College of Graduate and Professional Studies, was recently interviewed for an article about the growing field of data scientist jobs in health care.

The article, titled, “Desperately Seeking Data,” details the need for trained information technology professionals who have a clinical background. Landry, who helped launch UNE’s Master of Science in Health Informatics degree, said employers are already calling. “They’re pleading,” she said, “for employees or interns with experience in healthcare data analytics or some variation.”

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.