Hospital clinic assistant vs medical assistant

Differences between hospital clinic assistant and medical assistant duties and responsibilities

Hospital clinic assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage medical/isolation stalls and surgery treatment facility and assist in post surgery care.
• Interview perspective patients in order to ascertain medical history, explaining treatment procedures and prepare patients for examination.
• Trail staff in HIPAA security and audit processes.
• Encourage patients to become more independent by using recommend therapeutic devices.
• Provide project leadership for facility implementations of clinical EMR to ensure accuracy of data abstraction for quality core measures.
• Chart reviews and updates, transcription of clinical data into electronic charts for documentation and determination of medical necessity.

Medical assistant example responsibilities.

• Create and maintain confidential patient files; implement EHR systems to automate patient records management for the purposes of meaningful use.
• Adhere to OSHA guidelines while performing instrument sterilization in addition to managing medical inventory.
• Participate in emergency surgical intervention in obstetrics and gynecology patients.
• Demonstrate proficiency in taking patient history and vitals, venipuncture, injections, urinalysis and preparing examination trays.
• Attend to new out patients in gynecology clinic, make clinical diagnosis and follow up.
• Provide RMA support to physician, and patients, including but not limit to vitals and patient history.
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