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What Does a Medical Assistant Do?
Responsibilities
- Record patient history and other confidential information
- Learn and master the office's preferred electronic health records (EHRs) system
- Take patient’s vital signs
- Explain procedures to patients and make them feel at ease
- Prepare examination rooms, including sterilizing equipment
- Assist the physician or nurse during an exam
- Prepare samples for lab tests
- Answer phones and emails
- Schedule appointments
- Some MAs manage billing, do medical coding and insurance forms
How To Become a Medical Assistant: FAQs
The bottom line:
If you’re still wondering, is medical assistant a good career? The answer is yes! This in-demand job can help you become an integral part of a patient-centered health team. You’ll typically work daytime hours, have weekends and evenings off — and you’ll be helping patients get the treatment they need as you learn new skills.
After you’ve been in a medical setting for a while, you may decide you want to take on even bigger challenges and pursue more medical education. Either way, you’ll be gaining experience in a valued profession.
What's it like to be a medical assistant?
Destiny Powell has only been a medical assistant at St. Theresa’s OBGYN in Snellville, Georgia, for a few years, but it’s a job she always knew she wanted to do.
Her mother, who has progressive multiple sclerosis and lupus, was a huge motivation.
“I told my mother that I would take care of her as she gets older,” says Destiny.
She loves her job because she's able to create a relationship with each patient she meets.
“I build a bond with them,” says Destiny. “I help make them feel comfortable when they’re seeing the doctor.”
Find out what else Destiny likes about being a medical assistant.
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