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Medical Assistants- The helping hands of Medical Profession!by medicalassistant Medical Assistants - The helping hands of Medical Profession!A Medical Assistant may be defined as a health care professional with multiple aptitudes. While doctors and physician assistants handle purely medical tasks, medical assistants take care of the administrative duties along with medical tasks that do not need high medical proficiency.Medical Assisting and the duties it entailsMedical assistants perform administrative, laboratory and clinical tasks in various health care facilities. Administrative duties include internal and external communication, correspondence, patient welfare, maintenance of patient records, insurance forms, scheduling appointments, arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services and handling billing and bookkeeping.Clinical duties of a medical assistant briefly include recording vital signs, preparing patients for examination, explaining treatment procedures to patients, and assisting the physician during the examination. Clinical duties also require a reasonable level of manual dexterity and visual acuity. Laboratory tasks include collection and preparation of laboratory specimens, performing basic laboratory tests on the premises, disposal of contaminated supplies, and sterilization of medical instruments. Medical assistants may also assist physicians in instructing patients about medications and special diets, preparation and administration of medications, maintain medical and drug supplies, draw blood, prepare patients for x rays,, take electrocardiograms, remove sutures and change dressings.Dealing
with patients and public is an important part of a medical assistant's
profile. Hence, grooming, courtesy and an ability to put patients
at ease are essential. Also, they must respect the confidential
nature of medical information. The nature of medical assisting and
the duties involved differ from one health care facility to another
according to the location, size of the practice and the practitioner's
specialization. Medical assistants working directly under an office
manager, physician, or other health practitioners for small medical
outfits may undertake both administrative and clinical duties. In
larger practices,
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