Patient Care Coordinator

A Patient Care Coordinator is employed in outpatient facilities, such as a doctor’s office or specialty clinic. Serving as a patient advocate, they perform a wide variety of functions, including monitoring and coordinating patient treatment plans, ensuring complete and accurate documentation and registration, coordinating continuity of care between services and insurance companies, discussing, consulting, and coordinating the needs of patients and family members, and facilitating the education of patients and family members about health conditions, medications, and instructions. This certificate is designed to offer students the skills and knowledge necessary for entry-level employment in outpatient healthcare settings.