Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant

An Applied Learning Approach

15 Edición - 19 de noviembre de 2022
Última edición
Autores: Brigitte Niedzwiecki, Julie Pepper
Idioma: Inglés

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Medical Assisting**More than any other product on the market, the most successful medical assistants begin their careers with Kinn. K… Leer más

Descripción

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Medical Assisting**

More than any other product on the market, the most successful medical assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Known for more than 65 years for its alignment with national curriculum standards, Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 15th Edition teaches the real-world administrative skills essential for a career in the modern medical office — always with a focus on helping you apply what you’ve learned. This edition features new and expanded content on insurance, coding, privacy and security, telehealth logistics, and much more. With its approachable writing style appropriate for all levels of learners and a full continuum of separately sold adaptive solutions, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment, quickly master the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing administrative medical assisting profession!

Puntos claves

Step-by-step, illustrated procedures include rationales and a focus on professionalism
Electronic health record (EHR) coverage provides access to hands-on activities using SimChart^® for the Medical Office (sold separately)
Applied learning approach incorporates threaded case scenarios and critical thinking applications
Patient education and legal and ethical features at the end of each chapter reinforce legal and communications implications within medical assisting practice
Key vocabulary terms and definitions are presented at the beginning of each chapter, highlighted in text discussions, and summarized in a glossary for quick reference
Robust Evolve companion website offers procedure videos, practice quizzes, mock certification exams, and interactive learning exercises

De interès para

Medical Assisting students

Índice

PART 1 – Introduction to Medical Assisting

1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team

2. Therapeutic Communication

3. Legal Principles

4. Healthcare Laws

5. Healthcare Ethics

6. Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology

7. Patient Coaching

PART 2 – Fundamentals of Ambulatory Care Administration

8. Technology

9. Written Communication

10. Telephone Techniques

11. Scheduling Appointments and Patient Processing

12. Health Records

13. Daily Operations and Safety

14. Principles of Pharmacology

PART 3 – Coding and Medical Billing

15. Health Insurance Essentials

16. Diagnostic Coding Essentials

17. Procedural Coding Essentials

18. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Essentials

PART 4 – Advanced Ambulatory Care Administration

19. Patient Accounts and Practice Management

20. Advanced Roles in Administration

PART 5 – Assisting with Medical Specialties

21. Medical Emergencies

PART 6 – Job Seeking

22. Employment Skills and Strategies

Detalles del producto

Edición: 15
Última edición
Publicado: 19 de noviembre de 2022
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Brigitte Niedzwiecki

Brigitte Niedzwiecki began her healthcare career as a nurse, working in the hospital with surgical and pediatric patients and also in urgent care. After obtaining her master’s degree in nursing, Brigitte worked in patient and staff education, as a software trainer, and as a nurse educator before transitioning into education. She has been the Medical Assisting program director at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, during which time she has participated in reviewing and writing and has helped develop state and national Medical Assisting curricula. She is also lead author of Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, a related MA core text designed primarily for programs that do not offer a separate A&P course and are focused on certification.

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Medical Assistant Program Director and Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA

Julie Pepper

Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college’s Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, and Today’s Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.