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Diverse Roles of a Medical Assistant

Northwest Suburban College

This involves updating medical histories, recording vital signs, and noting any changes in patients’ conditions. Medical assistants also handle billing and coding. They input charges into the billing system and ensure that insurance claims are correctly coded.

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12 Fast Growing Jobs in the Medical Field in 2024

ACI Medical & Dental School

Medical Assistants perform both administrative tasks like scheduling appointments and clinical duties such as taking patient vital signs, assisting with examinations, and preparing treatment rooms. Medical/Dental Billing and Coding Specialists work in healthcare facilities, insurance companies, and billing companies.

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Discover the Dental Assistant Role: Duties, Responsibilities & Career Growth

Northwest Suburban College

Sterilization and Disinfection: Cleaning and sterilizing dental instruments, ensuring all equipment and surfaces are properly disinfected and prepared for the next patient. – Chairside Assistance: Handing instruments to dentists during dental procedures, passing materials, and maintaining a clean and organized workspace.

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Healthcare Workers are In-Demand

Milwaukee Career College

At Milwaukee Career College, you can train to become a medical assistant and learn to perform clinical tasks, allowing you to dispense medications, take and monitor vital signs, draw blood, run certain diagnostic tests and to better understand medical conditions. You can also train to become a surgical technician.

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What Can I Do With a Medical Assistant Certification?

ACI Medical & Dental School

Sterilizing medical instruments and sanitizing examination rooms. Taking vital signs. Medical billing and coding. As a certified Medical Assistant, you may assume diverse roles including daily responsibilities including, but not limited to: Clinical responsibilities: Drawing blood (phlebotomy.) Performing EKG procedures.

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Exploring a Career as a Medical Assistant: Essential Skills and Daily Duties

Northwest Suburban College

Their clinical duties include: – Preparing patients for examinations: Medical Assistants help patients feel at ease by explaining procedures, recording medical histories, and measuring vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.

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A Day in the Life of a Medical Assistant, Taught by NWSC

Northwest Suburban College

They greet patients, take their vital signs, and update their medical histories. They also help with minor surgical procedures by sterilizing instruments and ensuring that everything is set up correctly. Medical assistants are also responsible for handling billing and coding.