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Diagnostic Services
Careers
By: Barbara MacKessy
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What is Diagnostic Services?
• Workers in this area help with the diagnosis of illness and
diseases.
• They may or may not have direct contact with the actual
patient.
• They plan services for the patient.
• They plan and perform test on the patient.
• Quality control is very important along with getting the test
results in a timely manner.
What areas are included in Diagnostic
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Audiology
Cardiology
Emergency
Imaging
Laboratory
Neurology
Optical
Pulmonary
Radiology
Respiratory
How do I become qualified?
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High School Pathway completer
OJT
Apprenticeship
Certificates
License
Associate Degree
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree
Professional Degree
State Certification
National Certification
Where would I work in Diagnostic Services?
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Acute hospitals
Ambulatory care units
HMO’s
Home Health Agencies
Cardiopulmonary Laboratories
Clinics
Community pharmacies
Local health departments
State health departments
Pharmaceutical manufacturers
Doctor’s Office
Billing Office
Private practice
Nursing homes
Assisted living centers
Industry
Community health nursing
General hospitals
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Visiting nurse associations
Homes
Institutions
Government Agencies
Schools
Long term care facilities
Educational institutions
Mental health agencies
Day care centers
Special workshops
Psychiatric hospitals
Rehabilitation centers
Outpatient clinics
Research institutions
Public health agencies
Trauma centers
Chiropractic offices
Counseling offices
Where are Technical Laboratory
Positions
Located?
• Blood Banks
• Biotechnology R&D
• Centers for Disease Control
• Clinical trials
• Coroner’s office
• Crime Laboratories
• Department of Defense
• Fertility Clinics
• Government Research
• Health maintenance
organizations (HMOs)
• Hospitals
• Humanitarian agencies
• Military facilities
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institute of
Environmental Health
• National Institutes of
Health
• Private laboratories
• Public health laboratories
• Physicians' office
laboratories
• Pharmaceutical R&D
• Transplant services
• Veterinary medicine
Where are Non-Technical Clinical
Laboratory Positions?
• Director of laboratory marketing
• Department of Agriculture
• Education
• Food and Drug Administration
• Infection control officer
• Inspectors
• Laboratory billing specialist
• Management, administration
• Quality assurance director
• Safety officers
• Waste control officers
What can you expect?
• Pay depends on the particular position
• Pay increases with training and education
• Pay is competitive
Future of Diagnostic Service Positions
• Physicians use clinical laboratory test results to make decisions for
diagnosis and therapy!
• Aging Population will require more healthcare in the future.
• Quality of Health Care Top Priority in US!
• More health problems require more laboratory testing for specific
diagnosis!
Diagnostic Services
• Cardiovascular Technologist
• Clinical Lab Technician
• Computer Tomography (CT)
Technologist
• Cytogenetic Technologist
• Diagnostic Medical
Sonographers
• Electrocardiographic (ECG)
Technician
• Electronic Diagnostic (EEG)
Technologist
• Exercise Physiologist
• Geneticist
• Histotechnician
• Histotechnologist
• Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Technologist
• Mammographer
• Medical Technologist/Clinical
Laboratory Scientist
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Nutritionist
• Pathologist
• Pathology Assistant
• Phlebotomist
• Positron Emission Tomography
(PET) Technologist
• Radiologic
Technologist/Radiographer
• Radiologist