The 10 Least Stressful Jobs of 2012

looking for a stress free. job...any Med Tech jobs going ? LOL

I'd have to say as an up and coming HIM professional this profession seems to be very "busy" rather than "stressful". I know I'll get disagreement on this but I am in the middle of internship right now and I can vouch for how busy they are and Joint Commission was out today in this facility.

get a life we all have stressful jobs who are we to say mine is more stressful than yours!!!!

Stop complaining about how stressful your job is and be thankful that you have a job. BTW...Tell your stories to my army, marine, navy, air force brothers and sisters who are currently deployed, they'll get good laughs reading them...it'll cheer them up a bit. Thanks.

It can be a very stressful job at times. I agree with many who have already posted.

Try being a PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT! Talk about responsibility... Pressure from doctors, insurance companies controlling the practice of medicine, the government and insurance companies in bed together. When did it become wise for people with no medical training to dictate medical care? Why do people whine about copays when people used to actually pay for the services rendered? Medicine isn't a fast-food restaurant...You don't walk in whenever you want and tell the person who studied medicine, intensely for many years, you want a "Z-Pak" and a side of "Claritin" [and hurry up about it]!

Not Stressful? Where did you get your information? I do the audits for the hospital and clinics associated with the facility for JACHO to make sure we are meeting the guidelines set by this organization. If you don't pass, your Medicare/Medicaid funding is cut. It's a BIG deal! I do the coder queries where the physicians do not document accurately so you can't bill correctly. I do reports where for timeliness of dictations - JACHO dings you on this item also. I do weekly and monthly reports for specific services. As many stated above, we aren't paper pushers - we are degreed professionals who have to keep up our CEUs and adjust to new electronic records systems to get out work done. Better do more research on this profession to get real information!!!

Every job can be stressful, but think about it there are a ton more jobs out there that are way more stressful. Like soldiers sacrificing their lives!! Even firfighters and even paramedics. When it comes to having someones life depending on you or losing your life that is way more stressing!!

I thought it would be a golf caddy for sure.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS <3

I'd like whoever did the investigation on Med Lab Techs to work a week in a busy hospital lab and tell me it's NOT stressful. I've worked in the field for 7 years now, and let me tell you when a life hangs in the balance waiting on lab results, the stress is enormous. And if you think we have no deadlines, give me a break! Have you ever tried to work up blood for a transfusion for heart surgery when the patient has antibodies and finding compatible blood is about 10 times more difficult? It's not as simple as "Push 2 units of O neg". There are serious repurcussions for not getting a completely compatible unit for these patients. Have you ever attended a code blue for a 1 pound baby, waiting on chemistry values to know exactly what to do to save that child's life? Try working short on the night shift when the ER is bursting at the seams and doctors are calling every 10 minutes demanding to know when they'll get their results. And maybe this job does not require you to take work home, but it is hardly 9-5. Health care is a 24/7 industry, which means lab techs need to be available at all hours of the day. If you work in a smaller hospital, you take call. If you work in a larger one, you work shifts. I work in a larger hospital, and I've had to go into work anywhere from 6 am, to 1 pm, to 9 pm (and once I worked one of each shift in a single week!). You can't tell me that constantly changing your sleep pattern doesn't add to stress levels. Medical Lab Tech may not be on the most stressful list, but it certainly does NOT belong on the least stressful either.

You have got to be kidding me you think you have a stressful job. What do you worry about all day? I have had to submit requests for medical records before and it takes months to get them. You take it as it comes and dont hurry at all. Please tell me you break a nail opening a file drawer or typing all day. Yea thats it. I have to deal with idiots like you every day. I take your crap and have to keep smiling because it's my job. I listen to the lies. I watch you steal my stuff. I turn you down when you present a stolen check or try to use a stolen C/C. I politely accept your condesending and rude behavior all day every day. An you know what I still have deadlines to meet and merchandise to present. I watch as you allow your children ransack my store and destroy my associates hard work. I call the police when you beat each other up over a video game. I laugh hardily inside when you think you pulled the wool over our eyes and "got away with it" I tire of your ignorance and allowed you to get the return for used product or stolen merchandise because it was an insignificant drop in the bucket for the day. You see I have a business to run.
I see you abuse your children. I see you degrade your family members. I see you try to cheat and lie about just about every thing. I know what you have for diner. I see you cheating on your husbands and wifes. I see you buying pregnancy tests when your 12 and 13. I catch you stealing them also. I see you teaching your children to steal from me. I give you my attention as you try to distract me so your accomplice can make a break for it. Yet for all the bad I see I still see the good in humanity. I see you turn in a $100 bill on xmas eve so a family can have christmas. I see you pay off a less fortunate families lay away for hundreds of dollars. I see you give your parking spots to those in need. I see you helping the elderly.I see you teaching your children about money and needs vs desires. I see the parents struggling to give thier children a better chance and a better life. I see respect and I see nurchuring families. I see love and I see hope. I see you and I see over 3 million of you every year. And yes I see though clean clear glasses with out the rose tint. I have a a bias to help you "Save Money, Live Better" I am the face of the millions of walmart associates that help you every day.

I disagree strongly with this survey obviously they did not poll that many people in the field. I think it's a slap in the face when they are still using the term "Medical Records Technician" instead of"Health Information Professional". We are more than "glorified paper pushers" we have degrees and credentials to maintain. If your a supervisor or director of a Health Information Department you know how stressful it can be just trying to stay ahead with the everchanging technology advances!

If you worked under the thumbs of big insurance companies like I do I think you'd find being a Medial Records Tech a lot more stressful than this article claims. The amount of paperwork is growing and the time we have to process it is shrinking. I work in a small medial clinic and although I really enjoy my job it is a very fast moving and stressful job more often than not.