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Term | Definition |
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Patient Navigator | Helps patient navigate complex healthcare world |
Purpose of American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) | To raise standards of medical assisting to higher professional level |
Ever Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) must re certify every... | 5 years |
Hospice care is for.. | Patients with less than six months to live |
Board-certified physician education and licensing takes... | 9-12 years |
Gerontology doctors treat what kind of patients? | Older patients |
Nuclear medicine uses | Radiation to diagnose and treat. |
Oncologists works with | Cancer patients |
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine care for | Children, teens, and young adults |
Acupuncturist | Treat pain by inserting needles under skin at meridians or channels |
A Nurse Practitioner can work | With a physician or independently |
American Hospital Association | The largest national network of healthcare providers |
Comprehension | The ability to learn, retain, and process information |
Integrity | Being honest and trustworthy |
Patient advocacy | Speaking or acting on behalf of patient or family |
Knowledge | Is gained through study and experience |
Hard Skills | Technical and operational |
Soft skills | People skills |
The Communication Circle involves | The message, a source, and a receiver |
Active listening | Actively being involved in the process |
Assertiveness | Being firm but not aggressive |
Full-Block Style is typed with | All lines flush left |
Modified-Block Style | Indented Paragraphs |
Simplified Style | Modifies full block by leaving off salutation and complimentary close |
Screening calls | Involves deciding which calls are put through immediately and which calls are handled by taking a message and offering a callback |
Five Cs of effective communication | Completeness, clarity, conciseness, courtesy, cohesiveness |
Complete telephone message includes | demographics, description of needed action, message, initials |
Telephone etiquette | Proper pitch, pronunciation, enunciation, tone |
TDD means | Telecommunication devices for the deaf |
Prescription renewal calls may come from... | The patient or directly from the pharmacy |