| Professionals in the healthcare industry are often | | | | they must adhere to national training and |
| referred to as allied health professionals which | | | | educaton standards, their professional scope of |
| usually need formal training before they are hired, | | | | practice, and often prove their skills through |
| for example, medical assistants , dental hygienists | | | | diplomas and certified credentials.Professionals in |
| and assistants, phlebotomists , physical therapists | | | | the healthcare industry are often referred to as |
| and physical therapy assistants, hemodialysis | | | | allied health professionals which usually need formal |
| technicians, laboratory technicians, | | | | training before they are hired, for example, |
| electrocardiographic technicians, x-ray technicians, | | | | medical assistants , dental hygienists and |
| medical secretaries, and medical coders and billers | | | | assistants, phlebotomists , physical therapists and |
| all belong to the ever growing group of allied | | | | physical therapy assistants, hemodialysis |
| health professionals, and their subspecialties. | | | | technicians, laboratory technicians, |
| The explosion of scientific knowledge that | | | | electrocardiographic technicians, x-ray technicians, |
| followed World War II brought increasingly | | | | medical secretaries, and medical coders and billers |
| sophisticated and complex diagnostic and | | | | all belong to the ever growing group of allied |
| treatment procedures to the science of medicine. | | | | health professionals, and their subspecialties. All |
| In additon, increasing medical and health care | | | | members of the allied health professions must be |
| costs have created a trend away from treating | | | | proficient in the use of medical terminology and |
| patients in hospitals toward the provision of care | | | | spelling, basics of medical law and ethics, |
| in physician's private and group practices, and | | | | understand human relations, possess excellent |
| ambulatory medical and emergency clinics. What | | | | interpersonal communication skills, be computer |
| followed was an increase in the need for expertly | | | | literate, able to document healthcare information, |
| trained healthcare delivering personnel. | | | | have telephone skills, and be proficient in typing, |
| As their job descriptions become more specialised, | | | | electronic dictation, and word processing. |