How do they match: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

  • Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

  • Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

  • Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.
  • Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.

  • Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
  • Send information, materials or documentation.