I DO THAT!
Medical assistants commonly perform these two major types of duties.
What are administrative and clinical duties?
This healthcare delivery method allows patients and providers to communicate remotely using technology.
What is telehealth?
This healthcare team member can administer medication, but cannot determine when to give it.
What is a Medical Assistant?
This term refers to the legal definition of an MA's job duties.
What is scope of practice?
This job quality is defined by telling the truth.
What is honesty?
Processing insurance claims, and maintaining medical records belong to this category of MA duties.
What are administrative duties?
A patient who is admitted to a hospital overnight is receiving this type of care.
What is inpatient care?
This team member is responsible for diagnosing illnesses and determining medical treatment.
What is a physician?
This is the official name for a task being given to an MA from a Provider.
What is delegation?
You do not have this quality of you call out at 6 AM before your 7AM shift.
What is dependability?
Taking vital signs belongs to this category of MA duties.
What are clinical duties?
These two terms refers to a term that describes care given otuside of a hospital.
What is outpatient & ambulatory care?
This mid-level provider can practice independently.
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
This term describes the formal line of authority within a healthcare organization.
What is the chain of command?
Your patient is crying and needs this quality from you.
What is empathy?
This specific category of duties involves performing a capillary puncture to measure blood glucose.
What is point-of-care testing (POCT)?
Someone who works wth patients over 65 is in this specialty.
What is geriatrics?
Medical Professional who can do many of the simliar duties of an MA, but cannot administer medication.
What is a patient care technician?
Prescribing medication, diagnosing conditions, and making treatment decisions are all examples of tasks that fall here for an MA.
What is outside their scope of practice?
Completing a training program and taking the test provides this.
What is certification?
Helping a patient find appointments, referrals and care are examples of this secondary job role.
What is a patient navigator?
A place designed for acute patient needs that do not require hospitalization.
What is urgent care?
This quality is essential when healthcare professionals work together.
What is teamwork?
An MA is asked to perform a task they know is outside their scope of practice. This is the appropriate action to take.
What is refuse the task (or another approppriate variation of "naw bro")?
What is tell someone up the chain of command?