Pearson Health Outline Review for the Medical Assistant

by Hemby, Marsha Perkins, BA, RN, CMA

• ISBN13: 9780130194503
• ISBN10: 0130194506
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-02
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This easy-to-follow reference guide provides users with an outline format of critical areas of medical assisting. A valuable resource for medical office personnel, it contains numerous explanations, key terms, questions and answers, and illustrations.Chapter topics include anatomy and physiology, professionalism, patient communication, medical law, written communication, office equipment, medical records, appointment processes, office management, health insurance, infection control, and emergencies and first aid.For lab assistants, medical assistants, insurance clerks, medical secretaries, and receptionists.

Author Biography

MARSHA PERKINS HEMBY, BA, RN, CMA, is chair of the medical assisting department at Pitt Community College in Greenville, NC, where she has been teaching since 1972.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Reviewers	ix
Introduction	xi
SECTION I: General Information	1	(74)
Medical terms and vocabulary	3	(18)
Anatomy and physiology	21	(26)
Professionalism	47	(10)
Patient communication	57	(8)
Medical law	65	(10)
SECTION II: Administrative Procedures	75	(62)
Written communication	77	(8)
Office equipment	85	(6)
Medical records	91	(8)
Postal services	99	(6)
Appointment processes	105	(8)
Community services	113	(6)
Office management	119	(10)
Health insurance	129	(8)
SECTION III: Clinical Procedures	137	(84)
Infection control	139	(10)
Clinical equipment	149	(6)
Physician assisting	155	(14)
Laboratory procedures	169	(16)
Medication administration	185	(22)
Emergencies and first aid	207	(14)
Index	221

Excerpts

PrefaceThe purpose of this book is review. It serves as a study guide for the Certification and Registration Examination for Medical Assistants. The book is an effort to review briefly, but as thoroughly as possible, critical areas of medical assisting using an outline format. This format is used to obtain as much information as possible in a concise manner. The "Content Outline of the American Association of Medical Assistants' Certification Examination" has been followed so that all areas of the exam will be addressed and reviewed. The book can be used as a review prior to the certification or as a source for teaching a review course prior to the examination.This book is composed of an introduction chapter and 19 chapters covering topics of the AAMA and RMA Content Outline. At the end of each chapter, there are questions for review and answers with explanations that should assist in study and review for the examination. There is also a CD with more than 400 questions and answers for review.This book is a good outline format for instructors to use as a teaching guide and resource. Students can use this book in place of or in addition to note taking. High schools with health occupations classes might also use this book as a resource or a text. Marsha Perkins Hemby