A professional who interviews new outpatients at hospital or clinic and records data on medical charts. Responsibilities include:

• Obtains specified information from patient, such as age, insurance coverage, and symptoms, and types information onto prescribed forms.
• Places records and blank history sheets in order and files them in folder.
• Schedules appointments for examinations in hospital clinics, according to nature of illness.
• Gives general information about outpatient care and answers telephone.
• May tally number of outpatients entering each day or week.
• May give first aid.