Clinical Medical Assisting: A Professional, Field Smart Approach to the Workplace

Heller, Michelle/ Veach, Lynette M.

ISBN 10: 1305110862 / ISBN 13: 9781305110861

Published by Delmar Pub, 2016

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2nd edition. 1017 pages. 10.75x8.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1305110862

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clinical Medical Assisting: A Professional, Field Smart Approach to the Workplace
• Publisher: Delmar Pub
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1305110862
• ISBN 13: 9781305110861
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 2.4 kilograms

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Synopsis

More than ever before, medical assistants today must perform complex tasks, possess strong computer and patient screening skills, and communicate effectively with patients and other medical professionals. CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING: A PROFESSIONAL, FIELD SMART APPROACH TO THE WORKPLACE, Second Edition, gives you the confidence to succeed in this demanding profession by thinking on a higher level, developing critical problem-solving skills, and mastering the necessary clinical competencies and technical skills. Newly organized for greater effectiveness, the Second Edition of this unique text includes new chapters on Clinical Trends in Health Care, Health Coaching and Patient Navigation, and Specialty Procedures. The new edition is also aligned and mapped to current ABHES standards and the newly approved 2015 CAAHEP standards. The text’s practical, toolbox approach, combined with in-depth electronic medical records training, will help you begin your journey to becoming a successful, professional clinical medical assistant.

About the Author

Currently a faculty member at Columbus State Community College, Michelle Heller has worked in health care and health care education for the past 30 years. She has received a variety of “Outstanding Teacher” awards from institutions in which she has taught, as well as the Ohio Council of Private Career Schools and Colleges. A frequent presenter and the author of multiple textbooks, Heller has served as both director of education and director of the Medical Assisting Program for the Ohio Institute of Health Careers. She also serves on the ABHES Medical Assisting programmatic accreditation committee.