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MEDICAL ASSISTING

MEDICAL ASSISTING. Medical Assistant’s provide valuable help in an medical facility. The medical assistant has two roles within the healthcare setting. Administrative Clinical. Where does a medical assistant work?. Hospitals Doctor’s offices Walk in clinics – urgent care

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MEDICAL ASSISTING

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  1. MEDICAL ASSISTING

  2. Medical Assistant’s provide valuable help in an medical facility.

  3. The medical assistant has two roles within the healthcare setting. • Administrative • Clinical

  4. Where does a medical assistant work? • Hospitals • Doctor’s offices • Walk in clinics – urgent care • Optometrist’s office

  5. Administrative Medical Assisting • Typing • Filing • Answering the phone • Billing • Insurance • Pegboard • Appointment Scheduling

  6. Clinical Medical Assisting • Vital signs • Injections • Phlebotomy • Height and Weight • Wrapping Instruments • Sterile trays for minor surgery

  7. State if it is administrative or clinical medical assisting. • Faxing a letter. • Calling in a prescription • Giving a vitamin B injection • Setting up an appointment • Sterilization Techniques

  8. Medical assistants deal with the public; therefore, they must be: • neat and well groomed • be courteous • pleasant manner

  9. must be able to put patients at ease • explain physicians’ instructions. • They must respect the confidential nature of medical information.

  10. Licensure • A state mandated test • Minimal level – 70 % • State registry is kept for all licensure • License can be revoked

  11. Certification • Additional test • Meets higher standard – 80% • Not required • Choose test • CMA • RMA

  12. AAMA • AAMA – American Association of Medical Assistants • Organization for MA • Local chapter

  13. NLN • National League for Nursing • Organization for nursing

  14. Give some good attributes you need to be a good medical assistant. • Be on time • Short nails • Dependable • Team Player • Positive attitude • Courtesy • Integrity • Friendly • Dedicated • Respectful

  15. Group Practice • Solo Practice

  16. Medical Occupations • Physicians Assistant – does limited evaluation and diagnosis of patient. • EMT – emergency medical technician. • EEG Technician – electroencephalogram

  17. Medical Transcriptionist – transcribes medical documents. • Physical Therapist – assists with rehabilitation of bones and muscles. • RN – Registered nurse • Medical Records Technician – responsible for the medical records in a hospital

  18. Nurse Practitioner – advance level nurse • Radiation Therapy Technologist – takes x-rays. • EKG Technician – picks up the electrical impulses of the heart.

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