Saunders Manual of Medical Assisting Practice
Karen Lane(Author)
Saunders (Publisher)
Published in November 1992
Book
Hardback
888 pages
978-0-7216-3063-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to provide a valuable reference for medical assisting that incorporates the full range of business and clinical activities encountered in the physician's office or in other outpatient medical settings. A comprehensive and up-to-date source for the practicing medical assistant that covers basic administrative and clinical tasks, professional issues, front office management, and clinical and laboratory procedures which include speciality and advanced procedures generally not covered in typical medical assisting texts. This text also incorporates techniques for most of the diagnostic and laboratory tests performed in the office, and actual federal regulations now mandated for safety and credential compliance in the private setting. The information in this book has been written and compiled by some of the most highly regarded experts in the field.
This book aims to provide a valuable reference for medical assisting that incorporates the full range of business and clinical activities encountered in the physician's office or in other outpatient medical settings. A comprehensive and up-to-date source for the practicing medical assistant that covers basic administrative and clinical tasks, professional issues, front office management, and clinical and laboratory procedures which include speciality and advanced procedures generally not covered in typical medical assisting texts. This text also incorporates techniques for most of the diagnostic and laboratory tests performed in the office, and actual federal regulations now mandated for safety and credential compliance in the private setting. The information in this book has been written and compiled by some of the most highly regarded experts in the field.
This book aims to provide a valuable reference for medical assisting that incorporates the full range of business and clinical activities encountered in the physician's office or in other outpatient medical settings. A comprehensive and up-to-date source for the practicing medical assistant that covers basic administrative and clinical tasks, professional issues, front office management, and clinical and laboratory procedures which include speciality and advanced procedures generally not covered in typical medical assisting texts. This text also incorporates techniques for most of the diagnostic and laboratory tests performed in the office, and actual federal regulations now mandated for safety and credential compliance in the private setting. The information in this book has been written and compiled by some of the most highly regarded experts in the field.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Illustrations
471 ills; 136 in 2-color
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
2042 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7216-3063-2 (9780721630632)
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Content
Part 1 Administrative practices: appointments and telecommunications; medical records and correspondence; facilities management; office equipment and services; quality assurance; bookkeeping, credit and collections; insurance and coding; computerization and practice management for the health care provider; employment practices; personnal and office policies; ethics; medical law. Part 2 Clinical practices: general patient care; medical administration; surgical and rehabilitative procedures; pediatric procedures; gynecological and obstetrical procedures; diagnostic procedures; specimen collection and processing; urinalysis; haematology and blood chemistry; microbiology, serology and immunology; emergency procedures.