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Chapter 1- The Medical Assistant Profession and Health Care

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AAMA
American Association of Medical Assistants
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ABHES
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
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AMT
American Medical Technologist
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CMA
Certified Medical Assistant
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HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
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NCCA
National Commission for Certifying Agents
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PCP
Primary Care Physician
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RMA
Registered Medical Assistant
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MA
Medical Assistant
A dead body used for dissection, study, and tissue samples is called what?
Cadaver
An understanding of sensitivity to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others is called what?
Empathy
A branch of science that studies the incidence, spread, and control of disease in a population is called what?
Epidemiology
The inability to digest, often with pain in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is called what?
Indigestion
A person who practices in a profession, such as medicine is called what?
Practitioner
A prediction of the outcome of an illness (literal meaning: knowledge before) is called what?
Prognosis
Many plant remedies are still used today for conditions such as what?
Heart
Indigestion
Bleeding
Urinary Tract Infections
Garlic can help improve heart conditions such as what?
High cholesterol
Ginger can help improve conditions such as what?
Nausea
Motion Sickness
Lack of Appetite
Licorice can help improve conditions such as what?
Inflamed Mucous Membranes
What is the foxglove plant useful for?
Digitalis preparations such as digoxin which is prescribed to slow and strengthen the heartbeat
Green tea is used as an
Antioxidant
Peppermint helps treat what?
Indigestion
What benefit does chamomile have?
Helps sooth nerves
What was the purpose of trepanning?
Release evil spirits
The "Father of Medicine" is known as who?
Hippocrates
Who based his ideas about human anatomy and physiology off animal cadavers?
Galen
The "Father of Modern Anatomy" is known as who?
Andreas Vesalius
Who discovered how the heart pumps blood?
William Harvey
Who founded the science of epidemiology?
Thomas Sydenham
Who was the first to study bacteria and Protozoa using a microscope?
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Who discovered that arteries carry blood blood instead of air and developed a technique for reading a pulse?
Galen
The AMA Principles of Medical Ethics cover what?
Integrity
Individual responsibility to society and community
Respect for human dignity
Lifelong study
Professional autonomy, or self-rule
Ethical and Judicial affairs refer to matters involving what?
1. Moral principals or practices
2. Matters of social policy involving issues of mortality in the practice of medicine
What does the term unethical refer to?
Professional conduct which fails to conform to these normal standards or policies
What characteristics are important for working as a MA?
Honest and integrity
Dependability
Respect for individual and cultural differences
Sense of humor
Courtesy and patience (even during challenging situations)
Common sense
Tact when dealing with problems and sensitive situations
Discretion and confidentiality
Who takes EKGs to provide a patient record of cardiac electrical activity?
Electrocardiograph Technologist
Who takes EEGs to provide a patient record of brain activity?
Electroencephalograph Technologist
Who provides emergency stabilizing care at the scene and transports them to the nearest hospital?
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Who test clinical specimens such as blood, urine, and other body specimens; also manages department?
Medical Laboratory Technician
Who test blood to ensure donor recipient comparability?
Blood bank technologist
Who helps the nursing staff by providing bedside patient care in nursing home and extended care facilities (such as bed baths, feeding, walking, and vital signs)?
Certified Nursing Assistant
Who coordinates patients diet and medications?
Clinical dietitian
Who works beside a dentist and helps provide treatment and X-rays?
Dents, assistant
Who cleans patients teeth, discuss findings with the dentist, and teaches dental health?
Dental hygienist
Who does a variety of the administrative duties?
Medical secretary
Who transfers physician/surgeon data from audio recordings to hard copies to the patients chart?
Nuclear medical technologist
Who helps the therapist by working with patients?
Occupational or physical therapy assistant
Who works with patients that are physically, emotionally, or developmentally disabled to help with daily living?
Occupational therapist
Who directs the activities of the administrative and clinical staff (including nurses, labs, physicians, etc.)
Office Manager
Who is highly trained in dispensing of medications and mixes prescription pharmaceuticals?
Pharmacist
Who helps the pharmacist with routine task?
Pharmacy technician
Who specializes in taking blood specimens?
Phlebotomist
Who restores function, eases pain, improves movement, and works to reestablish patient functions?
Physical therapist
Who takes X-rays?
Radiology technician
Who evaluates, cares for, treats, and educates patients on respiratory diseases?
Respiratory therapist
Who connects patients with special needs agencies that may help them?
Social workers
Who takes fetal, cardiac, and other ultrasounds?
Ultrasound technologist
What is externship?
On the job learning experience; clinical experience
In 1934, who established the first school for training medical assistants?
Dr. M Mandl
How does one go about becoming a CMA?
Getting credentials from the AAMA
How often do you have to retest to be a CMA?
5 years or continuing education
When was the Bill of Rights written?
1973
What is HIPPA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
How many titles does HIPPA consist of?
2
How does title 1 of HIPPA help?
Protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs
How does title 2 of HIPPA help?
Requires the department of health and human services to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and addresses the security and privacy of health information
A federal regulation defining administrative steps, policies, and procedures to safe-guard individuals personal and private health is what?
The privacy rule
Who approved the privacy rule?
President Bush
When did the privacy rule go into effect?
April 14, 2001
Who was first to use the term 'prognosis'?
Hippocrates
Who was the first woman physician?
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who was the first African American to receive a medical degree?
James Hall
What was the first medical college?
College of Philadelphia Department of Medicine
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