Central Georgia Technical College trains medical office workers [Video]

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — A group of Central Georgia healthcare businesses said they have more than 100 health care staff openings in Houston County alone. 

Central Georgia Technical College has formed an alliance with them to help find and train workers. Internal medicine doctor Appavuchetty Soundappan said it’s tough on his staff when they don’t have enough people.

“It becomes very cumbersome for them and we have to delay patient care and not take too many patients that day because the medical assistant has to play a front office role as well as put patients in,” he said.

He opened his practice almost 30 years ago and said it runs smoothly when they have enough receptionists to check people in, phlebotomists to draw blood, medical coders to handle billing and nurse aides …