The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach,9780721600499

The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach

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ISBN13: 9780721600499
ISBN10: 0721600492
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Summary

Provides additional practice and tracks student progress with terminology review exercises, coding applications, documentation scenarios, telephone triage examples, instrument identification, and review of disease-specific skills. Robust chapter quizzes can be assigned by the instructor for handing in, making them an easy and effective way for instructors to track and provide feedback on the students' progress through the course.

Table of Contents

To the Student v
Introduction vii
Becoming a Successful Student
1(8)
The Healthcare Industry
9(6)
UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ASSISTING
The Medical Assisting Profession
15(6)
Professional Behavior in the Workplace
21(6)
Interpersonal Skills and Human Behavior
27(6)
Medicine and Ethics
33(8)
Medicine and Law
41(6)
UNIT TWO: ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING
Computers in the Medical Office
47(6)
Telephone Technique
53(4)
Scheduling Appointments
57(6)
Patient Reception and Processing
63(6)
Written Communications and Mail Processing
69(6)
Medical Records Management
75(8)
UNIT THREE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Professional Fees, Billing, and Collecting
83(8)
Basics of Diagnostic Coding
91(4)
Basics of Procedural Coding
95(4)
The Health Insurance Claim Form
99(6)
Third-Party Reimbursement
105(6)
Banking Services and Procedures
111(8)
UNIT FOUR: MEDICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Medical Practice Management
119(6)
Medical Practice Marketing and Customer Service
125(4)
Health Information Management
129(4)
Management of Practice Finances
133(8)
UNIT FIVE: FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING
Infection Control
141(8)
Patient Assessment
149(8)
Patient Education
157(4)
Nutrition and Health Promotion
161(4)
Vital Signs
165(10)
Assisting with the Primary Physical Examination
175(10)
UNIT SIX: ASSISTING WITH MEDICATIONS
Principles of Pharmacology
185(8)
Pharmacology Math
193(12)
Administering Medications
205(12)
UNIT SEVEN: ASSISTING WITH MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
Assisting with Medical Emergencies
217(6)
Assisting in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
223(14)
Assisting in Dermatology
237(10)
Assisting in Gastroenterology
247(12)
Assisting in Urology and Male Reproduction
259(10)
Assisting in Obstetrics and Gynecology
269(10)
Assisting in Pediatrics
279(8)
Assisting in Orthopedic Medicine
287(10)
Assisting in Neurology and Mental Health
297(8)
Assisting in Endocrinology
305(12)
Assisting in Pulmonary Medicine
317(10)
Assisting in Cardiology
327(10)
Assisting in Geriatrics
337(6)
UNIT EIGHT: DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
Principles of Electrocardiography
343(10)
Assisting with Diagnostic Imaging
353(8)
Assisting in the Clinical Laboratory
361(10)
Assisting in the Analysis of Urine
371(8)
Assisting in Phlebotomy
379(6)
Assisting in the Analysis of Blood
385(6)
Assisting in Microbiology
391(10)
UNIT NINE: ASSISTING WITH SURGERIES
Surgical Supplies and Instruments
401(8)
Surgical Asepsis and Assisting with Surgical Procedures
409(4)
UNIT TEN: CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Career Development and Life Skills
413(12)
Procedures Checklists 425(392)
English-Spanish Terms for the Medical Assistant 817(56)
Credits Page 873

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