Career switch, measured
From Medical Records Specialist to Computer Programmer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 81% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Medical coding, Medical terminology, Statistics, Electronic health records; the main skills to add are SQL, Java, AWS, Troubleshooting.
81%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMedical Records SpecialistComputer Programmer
- Medical coding40%47%
- Medical terminology40%24%
- Statistics22%14%
- Electronic health records38%14%
- Regulatory compliance45%24%
- Research19%22%
- Auditing38%12%
- Leadership19%24%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Computer Programmer postings, rarely in Medical Records Specialist ones.
SkillMedical Records SpecialistComputer Programmer
- SQL–22%
- Java–22%
- AWS–14%
- Troubleshooting–14%
- Tableau–12%
- Data visualization–12%
- C#–12%
- Git–12%
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