Orthopedic assistant vs medical assistant externship

Differences between orthopedic assistant and medical assistant externship duties and responsibilities

Orthopedic assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage patient files by making new charts, keying all encounters through ICD-9 coding procedures and posting in patient database.
• Perform physical examinations of patients and conduct their medical interviews.
• Apply and remove casts and splints to fractures.
• Interpret radiographs, bone scans and MRI's.
• Sterilize instruments and perform spore testing; ensure OSHA and HIPAA compliance.
• Cast room technician, apply upper and lower extremity splints and braces to adults and children.
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Medical assistant externship example responsibilities.

• Adhere to OSHA guidelines while performing instrument sterilization in addition to managing medical inventory.
• Perform various clinical duties, such as vital signs, EKG's, urinalysis, PFT's, and rooming/interviewing patients.
• Interview patients during check-in/check-out procedures to obtain their medical information following HIPAA standards.
• Perform EKG, pregnancy test, vision & hearing examinations, as well as analyzed and document controls for urinalysis.
• Back office duties including taking patients vitals, CLIA waive testing, and assisting the doctor and nurse practitioner as needed.
• Assist podiatrists with patients suffering from complications relate to diabetes or obesity.
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