Main description:

The medical assisting profession is soaring to new heights with the expansion and diversity of roles and changes in the healthcare environment. Today's medical assistants must juggle many tasks in the medical office to keep up with the changes. The seventh edition of Medical Assisting:Administrative and Clinical Procedures with Anatomy and Physiology was updated to help students as well as instructors learn these ever-changing tasks and stay current in the healthcare environment.

Contents:

UNIT ONE: Medical Assisting as a Career

1Introduction to Medical Assisting

2 Healthcare and the Healthcare Team

3Professionalism and Success

4 Interpersonal Communication

5 Legal and Ethical Issues

UNIT TWO: Safety and the Environment

6 Infection Control Fundamentals

7Safety and Patient Reception

8 Office Equipment and Supplies

9 Examination and Treatment Areas

UNIT THREE: Communication

10Written and Electronic Communication

11 Medical Records and Documentation

12Electronic Health Records

13Managing Medical Records

14Telephone Techniques

15Patient Education

UNIT FOUR: Administrative Practices

16Schedule Management

17Insurance and Billing

18Diagnostic Coding

19Procedural Coding

20 Patient Collections and Financial Management

UNIT FIVE: Applied Anatomy and Physiology

21Organization of the Body

22 The Integumentary System

23The Skeletal System

24 The Muscular System

25 The Cardiovascular System

26 The Blood

27The Lymphatic and Immune Systems

28 The Respiratory System

29 The Nervous System

30 The Urinary System

31The Reproductive Systems

32The Digestive System

33The Endocrine System

34 Special Senses

UNIT SIX: Clinical Practices

35 Infection Control Practices

36 Patient Interview and History

37Vital Signs and Measurements

38 Assisting with a General Physical Examination

39 Assisting in Reproductive and Urinary Specialties

40 Assisting in Pediatrics

41Assisting in Geriatrics

42 Assisting in Other Medical Specialties

43 Assisting with Eye and Ear Care

44 Assisting with Minor Surgery

UNIT SEVEN: Assisting with Diagnostics

45 Orientation to the Lab

46 Microbiology and Disease

47Collecting, Processing, and Testing Urine and Stool Specimens

48 Collecting, Processing, and Testing Blood Specimens

49 Electrocardiography and Pulmonary Function Testing

50 Diagnostic Imaging

UNIT EIGHT: Assisting in Therapeutics

51Principles of Pharmacology

52 Dosage Calculations

53 Medication Administration

54 Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

55 Nutrition and Health

UNIT NINE: Medical Assisting Practice

56 Practice Management

57Emergency Preparedness

58 Preparing for the World of Work