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Patient Representatives

  • Business, Management and Administration

Tasks

What tasks do Patient Representatives perform?

  • Coordinate communication between patients, family members, medical staff, administrative staff, or regulatory agencies.

  • Interview patients or their representatives to identify problems relating to care.

  • Refer patients to appropriate health care services or resources.

  • Maintain knowledge of community services and resources available to patients.


Knowledge

What do Patient Representatives need to know?

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.


Skills

What skills do Patient Representatives need?

  • Active Listening

    Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

  • Service Orientation

    Actively looking for ways to help people.



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