Main description:

Accessible and newly updated, "Medical Assisting: Administrative And Clinical Competencies, Seventh Edition" delivers the material required to meet the latest curriculum standards for programmatic accreditation, and supports learning with multiple in-text features and innovative technology products.

Contents:

Unit I: Health Care Roles and Responsibilities 1. The Medical Assistant and the Health Care Team 2. The Health Care Environment Unit II: Medical Terminology 3. Introduction to Medical Terminology 4. Understanding and Building Medical Terms of Body Systems Unit III: Medical Law and Ethics 5. Legal Issues 6. Ethical Issues Unit IV: Professional Communications 7. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication 8. Applying Communication Skills Unit V: Business Communications 9. Telecommunications 10. Written Communications 11. Computers and Office Equipment Unit VI: Beginning the Patient's Record 12. Scheduling Appointments and Receiving Patients 13. The Medical Record, Documentation, and Filing Unit VII: Medical Insurance and Coding 14. Health Insurance 15. Diagnostic and Procedural Coding Unit VIII: Billing and Payment for Medical Services 16. Patient Accounts 17. Preparing Insurance Claims and Posting Insurance Payments 18. Patient Billing, Posting Patient Payments, and Collecting Fees Unit IX: Banking and Accounting Procedures 19. Banking Procedures 20. Accounts Payable and Accounting Procedures Unit X: Facilities Management and Emergency Preparedness 21. The Medical Office Environment 22. Managing the Office Unit XI: Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body 23. Anatomic Descriptors and Fundamental Body Structure 24. The Nervous System 25. The Senses 26. The Integumentary System 27. The Skeletal System 28. The Muscular System 29. The Respiratory System 30. The Circulatory System 31. The Immune System 32. The Digestive System 33. The Urinary System 34. The Endocrine System 35. The Reproductive System Unit XII: Preparing for Clinical Procedures 36. Infection Control and Medical Asepsis 37. The Medical History and Patient Screening 38. Vital Signs and Measurements 39. Preparing for Examinations Unit XII: Assisting with Examinations 40. The Physical Examination and Other Exams 41. OB/GYN Exams 42. Pediatric Exams Unit XIV: Laboratory Procedures 43. The Physician's Office Laboratory 44. Blood Specimen Collection 45. Diagnostic Testing 46. Specimen Collection and Processing Unit XV: Cardiology and Radiology Procedures 47. Cardiology Procedures 48. Radiology Procedures Unit XVI: Minor Surgery Procedures 49. Preparing for Surgery 50. Assisting with Minor Surgical Procedures Unit XVII: Medication Administration Procedures 51. Pharmacology Fundamentals 52. Dosage Calculations 53. Medication Administration 54. Administering Injections and Immunizations Unit XVIII: Responding to Emergencies and First Aid 55. Emergencies in the Medical Office 56. First Aid for Accidents and Injuries Unit XIX: Rehabilitation and Healthy Living 57. Rehabilitation 58. Nutrition, Exercise, and Healthy Living Unit XX: Workplace Readiness 59. Externship and the Job Search