Practice coordinator vs certified medical technician

The differences between practice coordinators and certified medical technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a practice coordinator, becoming a certified medical technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a practice coordinator has an average salary of $46,591, which is higher than the $38,859 average annual salary of a certified medical technician.

The top three skills for a practice coordinator include patients, customer service and patient care. The most important skills for a certified medical technician are patients, vital signs, and CPR.

Practice coordinator vs certified medical technician overview

	Practice Coordinator	Certified Medical Technician
Yearly salary	$46,591	$38,859
Hourly rate	$22.40	$18.68
Growth rate	-8%	5%
Number of jobs	78,398	164,424
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	49	44
Years of experience	2	12

What does a practice coordinator do?

A practice coordinator is in charge of overseeing the daily operations at clinics and medical offices, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently while enforcing the hospital's policies and regulations. They mostly have administrative duties such as developing strategies to improve clinic and staff operations, handling calls and correspondence, liaising with key clients and suppliers, supervising budgets and timelines, establishing guidelines, and monitoring the progress of all procedures, resolving issues should there be any. They must also gather and analyze current programs, implementing solutions against problem areas.

What does a certified medical technician do?

Certified Medical Technicians are specialists in medical diagnoses by performing laboratory testing and analysis for hospitals and physicians. Their duties include lab sanitization to prepare for testing and collection, recording medical samples for testing, specimen preparation, blood drawing for donation and testing, and assisting physicians with sample collection as well as equipment handling in surgical rooms. They must also understand how to use complex and sensitive testing equipment such as cell counters, analyzers, microscopes, and centrifuges.

Practice coordinator vs certified medical technician salary

Practice coordinators and certified medical technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Practice Coordinator	Certified Medical Technician
Average salary	$46,591	$38,859
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $70,000	Between $28,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	Denton, TX
Highest paying state	Washington	Alaska
Best paying company	Venable	Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Best paying industry	Media	Health Care

Differences between practice coordinator and certified medical technician education

There are a few differences between a practice coordinator and a certified medical technician in terms of educational background:

	Practice Coordinator	Certified Medical Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	University of Connecticut

Practice coordinator vs certified medical technician demographics

Here are the differences between practice coordinators' and certified medical technicians' demographics:

	Practice Coordinator	Certified Medical Technician
Average age	49	44
Gender ratio	Male, 13.5% Female, 86.5%	Male, 20.4% Female, 79.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 3.8% White, 70.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 10.0% White, 53.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	9%	8%

Differences between practice coordinator and certified medical technician duties and responsibilities

Practice coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage inpatient transfers to rehabilitation and medical facilities, along with preparing and monitoring outpatient billings insurance verification and referrals.
Verify and update all insurance and HIPAA forms and information as needed.
Perform blood glucose and PTINR testing, EKG's, and injections.
Schedule new patient, follow-up and surgical center appointments using EMR scheduling software.
Prepare medical records and documentation for patient visits, including loading of information into the EMR system.
Implement and ensure compliance with laws and regulations that affects the clinic (HIPAA, OSHA, and CLIA).

Certified medical technician example responsibilities.

Maintain the cleanliness of storage areas, trays, centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers and work area.
Administer medications to patients according to their medication record as scheduled, as needed according to physician orders.
Perform laboratory test and procedures in areas including chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, serology, and bacteriology.
Perform first aid and apply CPR when necessary.
Perform first aid or CPR during medical emergencies until paramedics arrive.
Assist the residents in their ADL needs and prepare their meals.

Practice coordinator vs certified medical technician skills

Common practice coordinator skills

Patients, 21%
Customer Service, 14%
Patient Care, 7%
Front Desk, 5%
Insurance Verification, 4%
Excellent Organizational, 4%

Common certified medical technician skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 12%
CPR, 8%
Administer Medications, 7%
Resident Care, 6%
HIPAA, 6%

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