Certifying your staff helps you prioritize patient care and staff planning. In fact, an employee's work experience may automatically qualify them for certification. Learn more with this free guide!
While allied health certification is not a universal mandate across medical practices, not certifying staff can cost you time, money, stress, and lead to inadequate patient care and dissatisfaction.
Specifically, only 24% of phlebotomy employers require certification, according to the American Journal for Clinical Pathology. With nearly ¾ of the phlebotomy workforce facing a lack of credentialing requirements, there is an urgent need for quality patient care and certification.
Four Reasons to Certify Your Staff
Certified allied health employees are skilled, knowledgeable, and able to meet standards of care. Quality certification from AMT can help your practice:
- Reduce Onboarding Time and Costs: With a comprehensive examination process that tests practical skills and knowledge, AMT certified members are ready to work from day one, fostering a seamless onboarding process and potentially saving time and financial resources.
- Build a Versatile Team: Certified allied health workers may have cross-functional skills across multiple fields, such as medical assisting and phlebotomy. This ensures minimal gaps in patient care and the ability to easily cover staffing shortages.
- Retain Talent and Reduce Turnover: Certified employees have proven knowledge and experience, giving you a clear path to promote internally. Supporting certification shows staff you're invested in their growth and can help you improve retention and reduce turnover.
- Stay Compliant: AMT certification requires an allotted number of hours of continuing education. This ensures that your staff is future-proof and current in the evolving healthcare landscape.
Discover how you can get your team certified with our free guide for employers.
Are Your Patients Satisfied?
Annually, there are 23 billion laboratory tests administered for patient care. Are you confident that each test in your practice is accurately managed and analyzed? Having certified staff helps mitigate this issue by ensuring workers are skilled, knowledgeable, and able to provide accurate tests for each patient.
How Long Does Certification Take?
According to medwave™, the average credentialing process can take up to 120 days. However, AMT has streamlined this by processing applications in just one to two days. This allows your staff to start the credentialing process immediately. Once applications are approved, candidates can schedule the certification exam and receive their credentials upon passing. Learn more about the application process.
The Future of Allied Health
Certification is more than just a buzzword. It is a necessity for the future of allied health. Don't delay, prioritize patient care for your medical practice today.