Case Study: A Career As A Medical Assistant Relatives

Medical Assistant Relatives

Medical Assistant Relatives Medical assistants work closely with others in related fields. In the healthcare industry many different job must work together to achieve the same goal. Medical transcriptionist, health information technicians, and health care administrators will be given a closer look as to how their job duties interact with a medical assistant. The health care field is an enormous scope of employment that depends highly on one another for success. Medical transcriptionist transfer a physician’s voice recordings into written documents (Medical Transcriptionists). They must be able to understand medical terminology and the abbreviations so that the
reports are written clearly (Medical Transcriptionists). Like a medical assistant, a medical transcriptionist can work in a hospital or a physician office, but they are also able to work from home (Medical Transcriptionists). They can submit the written reports electronically (Medical Transcriptionists). As far as education, a medical transcriptionist needs post-secondary education (Medical Transcriptionists). In May 2010 the average yearly wage was approximately $32,900 (Medical Transcriptionists). The reports that are submitted and put into the patient’s files will definitely be utilized by a medical assistant. Health information technicians organize both paper and electronic documents (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians).
They provide organization, security, and accuracy (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). They have a certain system in which they can code patient’s files for things like reimbursement and better organization of patient’s history files (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). Health information technicians are closely related to the field of medical transcription because they deal with the documents organization, but they work from hospitals and offices not form home (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). For employment as a health information technician many employers like a professional certification and many have an associate’s degree (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). The average yearly wage of a technician is about $32,350 (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). Many jobs should open in this field. It is expected to increase by 21% from 2010 to 2020 (Medical Records and Health Information Technicians). A medical assistant will work closely with this field as they access patient files during their daily duties at the office or
hospital. Healthcare administrators are also known as health services managers (Medical and Health Services Managers).
They are able to manage an entire workplace or they are also able to specialize in a certain area and manage just that (Medical and Health Services Managers). They plan and coordinate medical and health services (Medical and Health Services Managers). The requirements for this field vary by the facility in which one might be employed, but many have a bachelor’s degree before they enter the field and master degree are not uncommon either (Medical and Health Services Managers). The average yearly wage for a health care administrator is $84,270 (Medical and Health Services Managers). This field looks to be growing a little bit faster than a health information technician. A health care administrator’s job outlook is expected to grow by 22% from 2010 to 2020 (Medical and Health Services Managers). A medical assistant is going to work with their administrator very closely as they are the overseers of the
facilities. All the careers in the health field are related and therefore are going to intertwine and work very closely with one another. A medical assistant is going to work with a medical transcriptionist because they access patient’s medical records in the daily duties at the office. The medical records are transcribed and prepared by the transcriptionist so that the medical assistant can looks and see exactly what the physician said. It gives the medical assistant an inside look of how one’s appointment went and what was prescribed or needed. Without transcriptionist, assistant would have to listen again and again to recordings and it would take a lifetime to get anything accomplished. The technicians allow medical assistant to spend more time working with the patient rather than organizing their files. They work closely because if the medical records are organized and coded it allows them to be found easier. This allows the workplace to run much smoother and for more attention and time to be spent with the patient. Health care administrators are a huge part of the field. They are going to be the ones that manage and oversee the staff and make sure the regular job duties are carried out. A medical assistant will work with their administrator to be sure and carry out all orders given and to make sure that the office is running smoothly. The administrators are going to direct the staff and give out duties and the staff is to listen to their manager and accept them. In the health care field everyone relies on everyone so that the system as a whole remains stable. In my role as a medical assistant I will be able to interact better with these other health care field if I better prepare myself. In order to interact better with the transcriptionist I will need to learn medical terminology and abbreviation. This way I will be able to accurately read the medical records and know what they are saying. I should also probably take a couple of computer classes and this will help with both the transcriptionist and the information technicians. If I understand the technology I will be able to better utilize and use the system. I will be able to navigate my way around the electronic records and be more efficient with the computer system. As far as bettering myself to interact with the health care administrators I think sharpening my communication skills will be the best. Communication and responsibility are keys in any workplace environment. I should be able to communicate with all the employee, especially my manager, and that should result in a better flowing office. This paper should show how relatable each field of healthcare is to one another. They rely on each other and with each other the health care industry would be in shambles. It is important that the separate fields do their jobs so that down the line everyone is able to complete their work. All fields of health care are intertwined and related and that is why it is so important for each of them to be here and do the duties that they are assigned.

References
Medical and Health Services Managers. (March 29, 2012). Bureau of Labor Statistics. July 6, 2013. From http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Management/Medical-and-health-services-managers.htm
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians. (August 7, 2012). Bureau of Labor Statistics. July 7, 2013. From http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Healthcare/Medical-records-and-health-information-technicians.htm
Medical Transcriptionists. (March 29, 2012). Bureau of Labor Statistics. July 7, 2013. From http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-transcriptionists.htm#tab-1