Medical secretaries perform clerical duties in health care facilities.

Medical secretaries answer phones, schedule patients, and greet people who come into the office. They prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, and letters.

Some medical secretaries transcribe recordings of doctor's notes into patient's medical records. Secretaries must understand medical terminology.

Medical secretaries can also take medical histories. They talk to patients, gather information, and record it in the patient's chart.

Many medical secretaries have billing and scheduling duties. They may bill insurance companies and prepare bills for patients. If a patient needs to be hospitalized, medical secretaries make arrangements for admission. They also arrange to refer a patient to another health care provider.

They keep track of and order supplies. Secretaries often organize and store all medical files on the computer.