This third edition is the most comprehensive and dynamic learning package on the market for Medical Assisting. It boasts the most skills and procedures covered and includes key areas either not found or lightly touched on in other books such as: History of Medicine, Professional Procedures, coverage of OSHA and CLIA, and transcription. All ABHES and CAAHEP competencies are covered. The new edition maps to the latest CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Educational programs and the ABHES Program Requirements and Curriculum. Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies provides more opportunity for critical thinking through case studies, critical thinking questions, scenarios, and features tying to both of Thomson Delmar Learning’s Medical Assisting DVD series. The book also emphasizes softer skills such as professionalism and practical skills including how to comply with HIPAA regulations and deal with privacy issues on the job.

Features:

• New Critical Thinking Challenge software accompanying the text focuses on critical thinking while dealing with on the job realities. It also measures success and outcomes through the effects on the patient, the practice, and one's career
• Charting examples within procedures and rationales for each step
• Clinical procedures include those which are CLIA waived
• New features include: Study for Success, HIPAA, the DVD hook-up, AMT and AAMA featured competencies, Spotlight on Certification for CMA, RMA, and CMAS exams
• Strong focus on HIPAA, professionalism, patient education, and triage/assessment
• New StudyWARE practice software contains games and activities
• Fresh look at financial procedures, underscoring computerized financial management