| What is a Medical Assistant?
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| | give advice. Although many Medical
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| Medical Assistants are unlicensed
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| | Assistants may have advanced training in
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| healthcare workers who perform
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| | certain clinical areas it is ultimately
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| administrative and basic supervised
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| | the responsibility of the supervising
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| clinical tasks to keep the offices of
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| | physician or other licensed health care
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| physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors,
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| | provider to assure that their staff and
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| and other health practitioners running
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| | Medical Assistants working in the office
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| smoothly. Many also work in outpatient
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| | are performing duties in compliance with
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| clinics, hospitals and healthcare
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| | all governing laws.
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| centers. Medical Assistant careers are
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| | Therefore the physicians must determine
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| gathering demand in the background of a
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| | the skill level and capabilities of each
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| healthcare industry boom worldwide.
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| | employee they supervise and take into
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| Doctors' offices are extremely busy
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| | account liability risk and quality
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| places. There are almost constantly
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| | control when assigning them their
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| patients to see or consult with on the
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| | responsibilities. Physicians should
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| telephone, medical records and insurance
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| | provide initial direct supervision and
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| records to update, tests to run,
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| | periodically assess the quality of their
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| appointments to schedule, billing and
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| | work. In practices with nurse managers,
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| bookkeeping responsibilities to handle,
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| | medical assistants can receive additional
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| and many other duties and needs. Doctors
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| | supervision coordinated to maximize
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| may hardly have time to see all of their
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| | workflow in a practice. Communicating the
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| patients, let alone handle the rest of
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| | employees’ roles to other staff and
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| these tasks. This is where medical
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| | clearly delineating their
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| assistants step in. Medical assistants
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| | responsibilities is important in
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| are basically the doctor's right hand.
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| | maximizing the productivity of the health
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| They keep the office running smoothly,
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| | care team. Although legal requirements
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| taking care of any clerical and some
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| | addressing the Medical Assistant scope of
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| clinical aspects so that the doctors can
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| | practice vary by state, the Medical
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| focus on providing direct patient care.
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| | Assistant generally works under the
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| Many doctors have large practices,
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| | license of their supervising physician or
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| especially those in populous rural areas
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| | the managed care organization that
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| where there are fewer doctors per person,
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| | employs them. The formal education of
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| and if all responsibilities are left to
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| | medical assistants often occurs in
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| the doctor, the quality of the patient
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| | vocational schools, technical institutes,
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| care can suffer. There is never a typical
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| | community colleges, proprietary schools,
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| workday as far as medical assisting is
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| | online educational programs or junior
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| concerned because it is a very busy and
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| | colleges.
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| varying occupation. They may focus on
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| | According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
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| reception, records, and billing one day
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| | Statistics, there are about 800,000
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| and perform simple lab tests and change
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| | doctors in practice in the United States,
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| dressings and sutures the next. They may
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| | with only 500,000 medical assistants
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| even be needed to assist doctors in
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| | working for them. As such, the medical
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| procedures or by taking x-rays or
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| | assistant field is expected to grow
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| administering electrocardiograms. Medical
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| | substantially within the next ten years,
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| assistants also explain medication and
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| | especially as more doctors become
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| procedures to patients, providing them
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| | overloaded with patients. The job is
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| with the knowledge and understanding they
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| | challenging, but there are many rewards,
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| need to better care for themselves. The
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| | not in the least the chance to provide
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| responsibilities and challenges, as well
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| | patients with the best care available.
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| as the opportunities, are endless.
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| | Copyright : St. Augustine School of
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| Many physicians are unsure of what tasks
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| | Medical Assistants
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| are appropriate to assign to a medical
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| assistant and it is important to remember
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| medical assistants are not licensed to
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