Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Does not pass

• Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate staff.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 11.6% of the role's time · $4.3B · waiting on a check

• Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.

  physical work, outside the screen · 9.1% of the role's time · $3.4B

• Schedule and confirm patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries, or medical consultations.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 9.0% of the role's time · $3.4B

• Greet visitors, ascertain purpose of visit, and direct them to appropriate staff.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.4% of the role's time · $3.2B

• Transmit correspondence or medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.

  reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 8.1% of the role's time · $3.0B · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Receive and route messages or documents, such as laboratory results, to appropriate staff.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.0% of the role's time · $3.0B

• Interview patients to complete documents, case histories, or forms, such as intake or insurance forms.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.0% of the role's time · $2.6B · waiting on a check

• Maintain medical records, technical library, or correspondence files.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.6% of the role's time · $2.5B

• Perform bookkeeping duties, such as credits or collections, preparing and sending financial statements or bills, and keeping financial records.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 6.4% of the role's time · $2.4B

• Complete insurance or other claim forms.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.3% of the role's time · $2.4B

• Compile and record medical charts, reports, or correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.3% of the role's time · $2.0B · waiting on a check

• Schedule tests or procedures for patients, such as lab work or x-rays, based on physician orders.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.1% of the role's time · $1.9B

• Transcribe recorded messages or practitioners' diagnoses or recommendations into patients' medical records.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.9% of the role's time · $1.5B · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Perform various clerical or administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 2.8% of the role's time · $1.1B

• Prepare correspondence or assist physicians or medical scientists with preparation of reports, speeches, articles, or conference proceedings.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 2.5% of the role's time · $931M