One responsibility of many medical assistants when they answer the telephone involves ________ calls before routing them to other staff members.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


screening

Screening involves deciding which calls should be put through immediately and which calls are better handled by taking a message and allowing a callback at a more convenient time.

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