Medical Assisting Information Center: New to This Edition


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	Student Edition
	Instructor Edition

Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Procedures, 3/e

Kathryn A Booth, RN-BSN, MS, RMA, RPT, Total Care Programming, Inc.
Leesa G Whicker, BA, CMA (AAMA), Central Piedmont Community College
Terri D Wyman, CMRS, UMASS Memorial Medical Center
Donna Jeanne Pugh, RN,MS,ED, University of Florida College of Nursing
Sharion Thompson, BS,RMA Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland Area

New to This Edition

The Pocket Guide, a quick and handy reference to use while working as a medical assistant. It includes Critical Procedure Steps, bulleted lists, and brief information all medical assistants should know. Information is sorted by Administrative, Clinical, and General content.
Procedures revised to include Procedure Goals and Rationales.
Each text chapter opener includes a chart indicating Medical Assisting Competencies (CMA and RMA) which are taught in the chapter.
New “Reflecting On . . .” feature boxes for Legal and Ethical Issues, Communication Issues, Cultural Issues, Professionalism, and HIPAA.
Virtual Fieldtrips provide simulated activities for each chapter.
A new chapter—Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Updated and expanded information include:
Current coding and billing practices, including HIPAA.
Use of technology in the medical office—especially more and varied uses of the Internet, including website development, patient education, billing, and coding.
Clinical diagnostic testing, such as in-office Hemoglobin A1c testing.
CPR guidelines to comply with the latest American Heart Association guidelines.
OSHA issues.
Infection control and antibiotic resistance.
Expanded Student CD-ROM with applications included in the text. It includes “A Day in the Life of the Medical Assistant” case studies, video clip library, audio glossary, and much more!
Comprehensive and thoroughly updated Student Workbook. The workbook has been updated to reflect the extensive textbook revisions and there are more questions. The Procedure Competency Checklists have been improved to include more procedure observer comments.

Booth Medical Assisting 3e textbook cover

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