Will “Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

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.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-9092.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 32,850.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
• Currently, there are 623,560 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Assistants”.

Also Known As…

• Medical Assistants
• Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
• Optometric Technician
• Optometric Assistant
• Ophthalmic Technician
• Medical Office Assistant
• Medical Assistant (MA)
• Doctor's Assistant
• Clinical Assistant
• Chiropractor Assistant
• Visual Training Aide
• Vein Access Technician
• Surgery Scheduler
• Sterile Processing Technician
• Sleep Technician
• Respiratory Therapist Assistant
• Podiatrist Assistant
• Podiatric Assistant
• Podiatric Aide
• Physician's Aide
• Orthopedic Cast Specialist
• Orthopedic Assistant
• Optometry Assistant
• Optometrist Assistant
• Optometric Aide
• Ophthalmic Aide
• Ocular Care Aide
• Morgue Technician
• Morgue Attendant
• Medical Technician Assistant (Medical Tech Assistant)
• Medical Office Worker
• Medical Office Technician
• Medical Insurance Coding Specialist
• Medical Billing Specialist
• Medical Billing Coder
• Hospital Clinic Assistant
• Hemodialysis Patient Care Specialist
• Health Unit Clerk
• Health Services Information Specialist
• Health Information Coder
• Eye Technician
• Doctor Assistant
• Clinical Office Technician
• Clinic Assistant
• Client Services Coordinator
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician
• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
• Certified Coding Specialist
• Autopsy Assistant

Tasks for “Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)”

• Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
• Set up medical laboratory equipment.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
• Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
• Schedule appointments for patients.
• Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Inventory and order medical, lab, or office supplies or equipment.
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
• Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
• Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
• Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
• Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
• Change dressings on wounds.
• Operate x-ray, electrocardiogram (EKG), or other equipment to administer routine diagnostic tests.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

• Evacuated collection tube holders/adapters
• Culturettes
• Hearing aids
• Suction machines
• Butterfly needles
• Otoscopes
• Retinoscopes
• Lancets
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Notebook computers
• Walkers
• Cast cutters
• Gait belts
• Handheld occluders
• Evacuated blood collection tubes
• X ray development equipment
• Centrifuges
• Staple removers
• Manual blood pressuring measurement equipment
• Single draw needles
• Pulmonary nebulizers
• Vitalors
• Crutches
• Pulmonary function measurement equipment
• Dictation equipment
• Dosimetry badges
• Metric rules
• Electronic blood pressure measuring devices
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Enema equipment
• Opthalmoscopes
• Oxygen equipment
• Electrocautery equipment
• Pipettes
• Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
• Splints
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Oxygen tanks
• Mayo stands
• Tonometers
• Intradermal needles
• Blood chemistry analyzers
• Oxygen masks
• Spirometers
• Snellen eye charts
• Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
• X ray machines
• Binocular light compound microscopes
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy equipment
• Plethysmographs
• Keratometers
• Endotracheal ET tubes
• Intramuscular needles
• Microcapillary hematocrit tubes
• Suture removers
• Syringes
• Autoclaves
• Blood collection vials
• Audiometers
• Suction tubing
• Baumanometers
• Nebulizers
• Laser printers
• Lensometers
• Tourniquets
• Microscope slides
• Breathalyzers
• Syringe needles
• Wheelchairs
• Personal computers
• Scanners
• Tablet computers
• Canes

• Business software applications
• Microsoft Office
• Visual electro diagnostic software
• Microsoft Exchange
• Email software
• Medical condition coding software
• Patient management software
• Microsoft Word
• Word processing software
• Database software
• Electronic medical record EMR software
• Microsoft Excel
• Bookkeeping software
• Billing software
• Medical procedure coding software
• Microsoft Access
• Web browser software
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Diagnostic and procedural coding software
• Appointment scheduling software
• Spreadsheet software
• MEDITECH software