Role | Job Title |
Schedules patient appointments with the needs and availability of the care provider in mind. | |
Gathers and enters the demographics, insurance and guarantor information for new patients. | |
Individual concerned with Information Technology of an organization. Often very involved in the decision to implement EMRs, and the actual implementation. | |
Always under the supervision (however minimal, in some cases) of a physician, but is able to diagnose, order labs and diagnostic tests, and prescribe medications. In lower-income a | |
Provides care to patients, but is supervised by an RN. Often administers bedside care, or practices in long-term care facilities and home care. | |
NOT A JOB....more accurately, it refers to the range of services a provider is licensed to practice. Really, a fancy word for 'job description', but with legal implications. | |
Technically a Physician Assistant. Responsible for filling medications and instructing patients on how to take the medications most effectively. Also makes recommendations to the p | |
Often behind the scenes workers. Many serve a non-clinical function as support to the clinical operations of a facility. However, this category also applies to researchers (althoug | |
Ensures patients wind up in the right bed, and with the right services, in an inpatient setting. Have to take into account patient preferences, infectious disease and current avail | |
Operates radiological equipment, but does not interpret scans or X-rays (that would be a Radiologist's job) | |
Often knows everything that is going on in a certain unit at any given time. Responsible for tracking which patients are arriving or leaving the unit. | |
Individual who works closely with the CIO, but specifically concerned with medical information | |
Individual in charge of an entire organization, answering to the Board of Trustees. | |
Nurse in the OR who documents everything that happens during the operation, and retrieves supplies and resources as needed. | |
Assesses patient progress via diagnosis, treatment and evaluation. As part of a team, designs the care plan for a patient based on his/her specific condition. | |
Training follows the nursing model, but is able to diagnose the patient, order labs and diagnostic tests, prescribe medications, perform supportive care, and conduct healthcare edu | |
Individual chiefly concerned with day-to-day operations. | |
Nurse who oversees all other nurses. | |
Takes paper charge tickets for charges incurred during an encounter or episode and enters the right codes into the system. | |
| Role | Job Title |
Helps guarantors who are unable to pay their medical bills in full to make arrangements in paying. | |
The care provider who is assigned to a patient to be their (ideally) sole provider at the primary level. In some cases, acts as the gatekeeper to secondary level of care or higher | |
Does some utilization review, but mostly works as a coordinator of care and social services. Also responsible for discharge planning for clients. Works hard to advocate for the pat | |
Checks other people's work in billing. Verifies codes entered by the charge entry clerk are correct and appropriate. A very important role in the billing office, as any slight erro | |
Multi-disciplinary group of providers often covering a variety of different specialties. Together, responsible for the care and clinical workflow surrounding a patient. | |
Physician who works specifically in the ICU. In a 'closed' ICU, they are solely qualified to write orders on a patient to whom they are administering care. | |
Physician who oversees patient care. Chief concern is patient safety. | |
Works on authorization and certification of a patient. Also determines if a patient needs certain care and if it is covered by the patient's insurance. | |
Treats afflictions via operations, ranging from minimally invasive to fully invasive. Goes through extensive training and education. Performs care in both outpatient and inpatient | |
Verifies patient registration information upon check-in, marks patients as 'arrived', answers phones and helps as needed. | |
Assists guarantors with inquiries regarding billing. | |
Actually a fully qualified physician. Responsible for sedating the patient and everything related to the patient's sedation. Monitors the patient during pre-operative administering | |
Rooms the patient for his/her appointment, collects vitals, and follows up on clinic administrative tasks. | |
Follows up with insurance companies that have not paid or have underpaid on a claim. | |
Restores, maintains, and promotes overall fitness and health. Key word here being 'restores'. This type of work is often applied to occupation, speech, physical surgery recovery, a | |
Group of administrators at the top of the chain of command. They set the mission statement for an organization. | |
Often referred to as 'Scrubs'. Preps the operating room before the surgical team enters. Helps staff put on sterile scrubs, hangs sterile curtains, and makes sure all equipment is | |
When payments come in from insurance companies and from guarantors, applies those payments to the Accounts Receivable record in the system. | |
Individual concerned with financial health of an organization. Coordinates administrative, accounting, budgeting and planning efforts for the organization. | |
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