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Essentials of Medical Assisting:
Administrative and Clinical Competencies
1st Edition
Bonnie F. Fremgen
0-8359-5303-3
Cloth Bound with Disk
928 pages
1998
Brief Description
This comprehensive guide to medical assisting prepares students for success in the classroom, on the certifying exam, and in the workplace. It reflects the latest techniques, guidelines, psychology, and terminology throughout its in-depth coverage of administrative and clinical essentials. Its captivating full-color design provides accurate visual representations of topics under discussion. Explorations of topics crucial to today's medical assistant—such as insurance coding, computers, fees and billing, hematology, and microbiology—are presented in an easy-to-read manner supported by a wealth of vivid photographs.
Features
- Meets new AAMA Role Delineation Study Competencies.
Integrates a wealth of full-color photos and illustrations throughout each chapter. Pg. 363, 463
- Places Medical Tips at strategic points in the narrative, providing helpful hints and useful sidebars relating to the discussion. Pg. 501, 581
- Raises Legal and Ethical Issues in each chapter to consider areas of caution for the medical assistant. Pg. 530
- Offers On the Job special-interest sections to profile the real-life experiences of practicing medical assistants and allow students to work through their dilemmas. Pg. 477, 779
- Reflects the latest trends, techniques, and technology, including computer advances in charting, scheduling, and more. Pg. 227
- Features coverage of topics often neglected in other texts, including...
- Quality Assurance. Pg. 98, 99-101
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Patients with Special Needs. Pg. 515
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Career Planning. Pg. 832
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Includes an anatomy and physiology reference section. Pg. 852
- Provides exercises, a set of certification-style exam questions, and test-taking tips at the end of each chapter. Pg. 778
- Offers a comprehensive Instructor's Manual featuring complete curriculum guides for each chapter.
Appropriate Courses
Appropriate for courses in Medical Assisting.
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE
1. Medical Assisting: the Profession.
2. Medical Science: History and Practice
3. Health Care Environment.
4. Medical Ethics.
5. Medicine and the Law.
6. Quality Assurance and the Medical Assistant.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE
7. Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal.
8. Patient Reception.
9. Appointment Scheduling.
10. Office Safety, Facilities, and Equipment.
11. Written Communication.
12. Computers in Medicine.
13. Medical Records and Transcription.
14. Fees, Billing, Collections, and Credit.
15. Financial Management.
16. Banking Procedures.
17. Insurance.
18. Office Management.
III. CLINICAL
19. Infection Control: Asepsis.
20. Vital Signs and Measurement.
21. Assisting with Physical Examinations.
22. Assisting with Medical Specialties.
23. Assisting with Minor Surgery.
24. Assisting Patients with Special Needs.
25. Microbiology.
26. Urinalysis.
27. Hematology.
28. Radiology.
29. Electrocardiography & Pulmonary Function.
30. Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation.
31. Pharmacology.
32. Administering Medications.
33. Patient Education and Nutrition.
34. Emergency First Aid.
IV. CAREER ASSISTANCE
35 Externship and Career Opportunities.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/fremgen_med
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