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| The Medical Assistant is a link between health care |
| providers and their patients, their professional associates, |
| and the suppliers of equipment and medications. The Medical |
| Assistant is the team member who assists the qualified |
| provider in the office or other medical setting, performing |
| administrative and/or clinical duties. |
| Demand for the Medical assistant may also occur in business |
| or industrial health centers, health insurance companies and |
| emergency care centers. The Medical Assistant has a wide |
| range of duties supportive to the provider's practice. |
| Business/administrative duties include scheduling and |
| receiving patients, obtaining patient information, |
| maintaining medical records, maintaining supplies and |
| equipment, and assuming responsibility for office care, |
| insurance matters, office accounts, fees and collections. |
| Medically related duties include assisting with examinations |
| and treatments, taking health histories, performing certain |
| diagnostic tests, carrying out laboratory procedures and |
| sterilizing instruments and equipment. |