<p>Medical Assistants (MAs) perform both administrative and clinical duties, including maintaining patient records, coding insurance forms, arranging hospital admissions and laboratory services, taking medical histories, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, and taking vital signs.</p>

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Medical Assisting

Emily Griffith Technical College

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Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.