Medical Assisting and Medical Assistant Career Information
Medical assistants is expected to be one of the fastest growing occupations through the year 2010. Job prospects should be best for medical assistants with formal training or experience.
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices and clinics of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists running smoothly.
Medical assistants perform many administrative duties. They answer telephones, greet patients, update and file patient medical records, fill out insurance forms, handle correspondence, schedule appointments, arrange for hospital admission and laboratory services, and handle billing and bookkeeping.
For more career information see the Bureau of Labor Statistics site.
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