Title: Keep Patients Waiting? Not in my Office [pic] Class: MGMT 363 Productions and Operations Management Date: Week 8 Research Assignment December 12‚ 2011 The medical field is a very busy industry since people seem to always be very sick. There are many different doctors that are in need especially at different times of the year. In this one case‚ this doctor is all about making sure that his patients are being well taken care of and most importantly being taken care of on time
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Question 1 Needs Grading What is the code for a tunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter‚ without pump or port‚ in a 72-year-old patient? CPT Code: ____________________ Selected Answer: 36558 Correct Answer: 36558 Rationale: The coder should begin by locating the main term "Insertion" and then the subterm "Venous." After reviewingthe codes in the tabular list the coder should select 36558 because this is a "72 year old patient." Question 2 Needs Grading CPR (Cardiopulmonary
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information about medical assisting. Medical assisting is a very versatile job many different tasks and tools. This is one of the reasons I chose to start of in this field. I eventually would love to possibly get into and R.N program after a year or two in medical assisting. There are many responsibilities of a medical assistant. Assisting the physician with various procedure and treatments‚documenting patients information and updating charts ect. Some of the various thing a medical assistant will
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Yellow Terminology Exam Review Define the following prefixes or suffixes: -sphyxia pulse intra- within‚ in -phonia voice or sound brady- slow mono- one -ptysis spitting -crasis mixture‚ blending -gram record -stasis stopping‚ controlling -pnea breathing -meter instrument to measure -cyte cell -capnia CO2 -penia deficiency of extra- outside eu- good‚ normal -itis inflammation of dys- difficult/bad -fusion pour -stenosis narrowing -ptosis drooping‚ sagging
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chance of pregnancy although she states that she is sexually active and using no birth control. GYNECOLOGY HISTORY: Patient is gravida 2‚ para 1‚ abortus 1. Her only child is a 15-year-old daughter who lives in Texas with her grandmother. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Positive for hepatitis b. PAST SURGICAL HISTORY: Pilonidal cyst‚ removed in the remote past. Had plastic surgery on her ears as a child. SOCIAL HISTORY: Married has one daughter. Patient works as a substitute teacher. Smokes one
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I can finally say that I am officially a Certified Medical Assistant and also working as one. Alaska Career College staff has been by my side throughout the whole program‚ given me an abundance of knowledge and skills that I feel very comfortable to be working in the outside world. I am currently working for Dr. Michael McNamara and Dr. Kevin Paisley; We also have three Physician Assistants. We are orthopedic specialists. For four years‚ I’ve been working as their Administrative Assistant/Front
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by the computer. There are many advantages of computers that make it a must have by every medical professional. This article tells you about the use of computers in the medicine that would help you understand the wide array of computer applications used across the medicinal practice. Computers in the Medical Office There are various uses of computer in medical field as it plays a vital role in every medical office. It contributes a lot to the hospital administration where all the administrative
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- Time of the Day - Meal Intake - Exercise - Just Administered Diabetes Drugs - Emotional Stress • HbA1c level correlates well with risks of Diabetic complications. [Reference: American Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2010 Diabetes Care 2010;33‚ suppl.1: S4-5.] Why Use HbA1c Vs OGGT/FPG!? • • • • • The patient does not need to be fasting HbA1c is standardized and aligned to DCCT Better index of overall glycemic exposure and risk for long-term
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Electronic Medical Record in the sport medicine field The sport medicine and a demanding and competitive field for any clinician on the field. It require daily updates of athletes’ injuries statues and progress in the treatment and rehabilitation progress. The sport medicine team is constituted by team physician‚ athletic trainer‚ coaches‚ psychologist‚ athlete‚ and parents. Due to the amount of personnel involved in the sport medicine team‚ the communication within the team is vital for the functioning
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PREVALENCE OF SILENT ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IN PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (GENERAL MEDICINE) INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic‚ systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology marked by a symmetric‚ peripheral polyarthritis and various
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