Hospital secretary vs appointment scheduler

Differences between hospital secretary and appointment scheduler duties and responsibilities

Hospital secretary example responsibilities.

• Conduct 6 mass vaccination campaigns, manage protein-calorie malnutrition, coordinate epidemiological surveillance, and direct health facility rehabilitation
• Keep family up to date regarding their love ones in surgery.
• Establish excellent relationships with all patients and co-workers.
• Compose, type and finalize agenda by summarizing information; compile packet documents; edit and proofread agenda; disseminate information.
• Update and distribute weekly chemotherapy schedule.

Appointment scheduler example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pre-op responsibilities, and generate all necessary paperwork.
• Utilize the appropriate screening tools to accurately schedule internally refer patients for MRI appointments.
• Obtain and enter complete registration demographic and insurance verification information (primary and secondary) into EMR system.
• Implement a new TCMS and EHR database for the doctor's internal use.
• Organize & archive electronic documents; scan and link charts and documents into the EHR
• Used knowledge of key medical terms to determine patient's symptoms and refer to triage nurse when applicable.
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