Question

identify 5 Administrative professionals who work within healthcare facilities. Briefly describe their job and explain how they are important to a healthcare organization

Answer 1

5 administrative professionals working within healthcare facilities and their importance to healthcare organizations are:

1. Medical receptionist- A medical receptionist maintains records and accounts, schedules appointments and greets and helps the patients.

Importance- Comforts the patients by answering patient's questions, anticipating patient's anxities and maintains the records and reception area as well.

2. Healthcare Executive Assistant- Prepare expense reports, prepare and edit communications and documents, develop and send notices and provide general administrative support and also checking the patients in.

Importance- Helps in perfect and smooth functioning of the healthcare organization.

3. Decision Support Analyst - Solve problems presented by various departments within the organizations.

Importance- Analyzing different options and creating reports for all departments regarding options to be implemented. Testing upgrades and new devices for errors.

4. Health Information Management- Ensuring health information is medical, legal and ethical and that patient's medical records are accurate and timely.It also involves medical coding, billing and handling customer requests.

Importance- Maintaining privacy and security of patient medical records and information.

5. Business Development Manager- Developing growth strategies and plans, maintaining knowledge of products and value propositions, keeping records of budgets, orders and supplies and distribution of regular communications.

Importance- Developing internal business practices and making an environment providing quality healthcare at maximum profit.

All the above administrative roles are important for proper functioning of any clinic, hospital or other healthcare organizations.