American Association of Medical Assistants 1959 Mission Statement The mission of the American Association of Medical Assistants is to enable medical assisting professionals to enhance and demonstrate the knowledge‚ skills and professionalism required by employers and patients; protect medical assistants’ right to practice; and promote effective‚ efficient health care delivery through optimal use of the multiskilled CMA (AAMA). AAMA was incorporated in the State of Illinois as a not-for-profit professional
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Many American’s assume that nuclear waste can be more dangerous than natural radioactive substances already present in the Earth currently. However‚ Richard Muller challenges this assumption in his chronicle “Nuclear Waste” by demonstrating the mathematical differences concerning the half-life of numerous radioactive substances. Basically‚ Muller is warning that “the dangers of storing our waste at Yucca Mountain to be small compared of the dangers of not doing so‚ and significantly smaller than
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Renub Research www.renub.com Thailand Medical Tourist Arrivals‚ Medical Tourism Market & Forecast to 2015 Publisher: Renub Research Published: April‚ 2012 Thailand is the leader in medical tourist arrivals holding more than 40% share in Asia medical tourist arrivals in 2011. Its medical tourism market was around US$ 2 Billion in 2011 and it is expected to be more than double by 2015. Thailand has world-class medical facilities with its high-profile private hospitals and clinics. Thailand
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Engineering Management Field Project Electronic Medical Records: A Case Study to Improve Patient Safety at Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital By Annie Bittaye Spring Semester‚ 2009 An EMGT Field Project report submitted to the Engineering Management Program and the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University ofK.ansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master’s of Science )= • ‚ ‚ Tom Bowlin Cotntnittee Member ’~k Committee
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in which its function are becoming an essential technology for health care in part because the information management challenges were being faced by health care professionals that are increasing daily. The system stores data regarding additional medical information records in a relational database. Most published studies to date have been in the area of keeping the records safety. The database is a general setting of compiling not only the records of the patients but all the records. These computerized
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Medical Administrative Assistant Field In the field of Medical Administrative Assistant‚ there is a multitude of career choices to branch off into. Of these many fields‚ the three that I choose to discuss are Medical Billing‚ Medical Coding and Medical Assistant. All three careers are of high demand in the medical industry and each requires the need of basic classes‚ with a couple of varied courses‚ depending on the field. Basic requirements for all include a high school diploma or GED. Most
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Abstract: Background: How is Cannabis used in the medical field and should it be legalized for recreational purposes as well as medical use? Medical marijuana has been used for many years in the medical field. According to AAMC‚ adjunctive therapy with cannabis has helped patients deal with their symptoms of disease or disorders. A study was done by University of California medical researchers in which they placed “an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if it
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evidence that medical marijuana has benefited people socially‚ medically‚ and economically in many ways. Socially‚ allows medical marijuana patients get out of the house and experience a better life giving them the aid they need to tolerate their symptoms and live life. The plant has given some the chance to live life longer than expected and more comfortably with terminal illnesses such as HIV. There any many other diseases that have had symptoms relieved by the proper usage of medical marijuana such
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CLINICS MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This study is designed to introduce the interdisciplinary field of medical informatics to health information professionals. Medical Informatics is a developing field that essentially seeks to apply information and computing technologies to improve all aspects of healthcare‚ including patient care‚ research‚ and education. In this study where about to explore the different kinds of medical information uses the technology such
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Literature Review When dealing with patients’ sensitive medical records‚ it’s always important how one also deals with medical images that should also be kept private. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability initiated on April 14‚ 2013 by the federal government‚ establishes all relevant standards to address the issue of privacy protection. The HIPAA requires for integrity and confidentiality in all of current‚ previous and future from hospitals‚ doctors‚ and other relevant professionals
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