Chapter21 Question and answers already passed Chapter 1 - The Profession of Medical Assisting
Medical Assisting is one of the ___ fastest growing occupations. According to who? - correct answer 10; US Dept. of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook
Administrative Duties: - correct answer...
Chapter 1 - The Profession of Medical
Assisting
Medical Assisting is one of the ___ fastest growing occupations. According to
who? - correct answer ✔10; US Dept. of Labor's Occupational Outlook
Handbook
Administrative Duties: - correct answer ✔-Greeting patients
-Handling correspondence
-Scheduling appointments
-Answering telephones
-Communicating with patients, families, and coworkers
-Creating and maintaining patient medical records
-Handling billing, bookkeeping, and insurance claim form processing
-Performing medical transcription
-Arranging for hospital admissions and testing procedures
-Organizing and managing office supplies
-Explaining treatment procedures to patients
-Educating patients
-Coding for specific procedures and tests when filling out lab requests
-Collection of payments and speaking with patients about collection policies
Clinical Duties: - correct answer ✔-Asepsis and infection control
-Preparing the examination and treatment areas
-Interviewing patients and documenting patients' vital signs and medical
histories
-Preparing patients for examinations and explaining treatment procedures
, -Assisting the physician during examinations
-Disposing of contaminated supplies
-Performing diagnostic tests, such as electrocardiograms (ECGs)
-Giving injections (where allowed by law)
-Performing first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
-Preparing and administering medications as directed by the physician, and
following state laws for invasive procedures
-Removing sutures or changing wound dressings
-Sterilizing medical instruments
-Assisting patients from diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as patients with
hearing or vision impairments or physical or mental disabilities
-Educating patients
Lab Duties: - correct answer ✔-Performing tests, such as a urine pregnancy
test, in the physician's office laboratory (POL)
-Performing Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA)-waived tests that
have a low risk of an erroneous result, which include urinalysis and blood
chemistry
-Collecting, preparing, and transmitting laboratory specimens, including blood,
body fluids, cultures, tissue samples, and urine specimens
-Teaching specimen collection to patients
-Arranging laboratory services
-Meeting safety standards and fire protection mandates
-Performing as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
compliance officer
Who is making mandatory credentialing for medical assistants a logical step in
the hiring process? - correct answer ✔Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA '88)
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