Ophthalmic medical assistant vs medical assistant

Differences between ophthalmic medical assistant and medical assistant duties and responsibilities

Ophthalmic medical assistant example responsibilities.

• Adhere to OSHA guidelines while performing instrument sterilization in addition to managing medical inventory.
• Enter patient information in EHR computer system.
• Learned Medflow EHR, backfill medical records and updated/creat new patient medical records.
• Schedule patients for routine appointments and surgical procedures, and provide both preoperative and postoperative instruction.
• Display medical terminology and detail orient with ability to record and report properly in patients records.
• Perform clinic work-ups/manifest refraction utilizing EMR, program and maintain laser equipment, clinical photography, and assist physicians during surgeries.
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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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