A Medical Assistants duties may vary from office to office but a typical list of duties includes the following:
Front Office
- Secretarial work
- Contact with insurance companies
- Answering phones and making appointments
- Ordering supplies
- Greeting patients
- Pulling and filing patient charts
- Calling in or faxing prescriptions
- Converting charts to electronic charting
Back Office
- Escorting patients to rooms
- Weighing patients
- Taking blood pressure
- Taking medical histories
- Listening or questioning patients on current health issues or the issue of concern for this visit
- Assisting doctors with medical procedures
- Giving injections or drawing blood
- Clarifying doctor’s instructions with a patient
