American Medical Technologists (AMT)

Pebbles Lafleur05/15/2018HS115My Scope of PracticeAs many people know, there are steps into making into the medical field world. There are still certifications and levels to have under your belt to move up. Many people start as a CNA, then LPN, RN and so on and so forth. However, currently, I am enrolled in school to become a CMA (Certified Medical Assistant) and hopefully adding phlebotomy under my belt as well. Nevertheless, before all this to happen, there is a process to go by and complete it accordingly.To be competitive in the medical field marketplace, all medical assistants have to be certified through the AMA. The AAMA (American Association of Medical Assistants) is the association that is responsible for producing the

Becoming a surgical technologist require a lot of dedication and tolerance, whether it's standing on your feet for hours or just simply preparing a patient for surgery. A surgical technologist is a person who helps to prepare an operating room by setting up sterile surgical instruments, equipment and supplies, such as drapes, gowns, gloves, suction tubing, and receiving solutions and medications from a circulator (jeff.org) Surgical technologist also ensure all technology used in the operating room is working properly. Although all of these jobs are very important, the most important job would be assisting the surgeon during their surgeries. Surgeries could last up to eight hours, (explorehealthcareers.org). That's

To earn the RMA designation, medical assistants must have graduated from one of the following:

For a Medical Assistant to maintain his/her certification they must recertify either by passing the CMA exam again or by

I’m a current surgical technologist student at Robert Morris University and I’m also pursuing my bachelors degree while in the surgical technology program. I have taken many science classes that have prepared me for the program and have completed two quarters of surgical technologist classes and labs.

Credentialing from advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) perspective is defined as “furnishing the documentation necessary to be authorized by a regulatory body or institution to engage in certain activities and use a certain title” (Hanson, 2014). Credentialing is also define from a local institutional process that consider specific documentations for APRN before they assume the practice role as APRN within their facility. In health care system, credentialing ensures individuals meet required standards of practice and is prepared to perform those duties implied by the credentials. National certification and education are considered as part of credentialing for APRN to acquire basic level of competence to practice. (Hanson, 2014)

Founded in 1951 and led by Dr. James R. Fairchild, a board-certified internist, Medical Associates is a physician group practice that expanded slowly and added other specialties in 1963. It has continued to expand over the years, and began to provide specialty and sub-specialty medical and surgical care in 1972. Medical Associates has also grown into a large tax paying medical group of forty physicians and two separate location in Middleboro and the eastern edge of Jasper which opened in 1972 and 1985 respectively. The practice was originally a single specialty practice but now has several specialties and sub-specialties in addition to ambulatory surgical services due

The AAMA is a certified medical assistant (AAMA) credential represent a medical assistant who has been credentialed through the certifying board (CB) of the American assistant (AAMA).

In December 1970, the American Medical Association adopted the following definition for Physician Assistants: “The Physician Assistant [(PA)] is a skilled person qualified by academic and practical training to provide patient services under the supervision and direction of a licensed physician who is responsible for the performance of that physician assistant.” (NY Department of Health). Laws and regulations for the PA profession have been developing over time based on the needs of the society; however, the need for a supervising physician found its way in the definition of the PA early on. Since PAs have been playing an important role in patient’s life, it is not surprising that they needed the supervision of a physician. After all it was a new profession, therefore it needed time to show if it is fulfilling the initial goals of the profession or not.

In the Atlanta market, growth is expected to be even more advantageous with over 400,000 healthcare service jobs added by 2040 . The Metro Atlanta area is projected to grow by 3% and add over 2.5 million residents in this same time span. With the presence of Medical and Research Universities, several of the nation’s leading private practitioners, and a vast EMS/Police and Fire network, the influx of professionals promises a constant stream of working adults in need of initial and recurring certifications, both of which we offer.

This is an informative article written by Maryanne Barra who is not only a Doctor of Nursing Practice but a Family Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse. She writes this article to bring to light her concerns of not having standardized training from state to state for Medication Assistant Technicians. She acknowledges the need for the use of this type of personal in a time that need for health care has outgrown the personal to provide the care. Utilizing individuals with a lower educational level to provide medication, frees up the RN to provide care in other areas but expresses her concern with the minimal amount of training that some of the states are requiring the technicians to obtain and how that not only puts the RN, in which the

The RMT Institute, established in 2015 is a sister company to AcCELLerated Biologics, a leading independent medical distribution and consulting firm. AcCELLerated Biologics ongoing commitment to supply their clients with the most up to date information, research and equipment in Orthobiologics medicine, wanted to offer the medical community (physicians & their staff) a training center dedicated exclusively to education.

If you are interested in becoming the Ambassador for the Medical Assistant program for the 2017-2018 school year, leave me a comment or send me an

Silicon Valley Medical Technologies - SIVMED was found in San Jose, CA, in 1982 by Kelly’s O’Brien, David Roberts, and Barbara Smalley. O’Brien and Roberts, both MDs, were on the research faculty at the UCLA Medical School at the time; O’Brien specialized in biochemistry and molecular biology, and Roberts specialized in immunology and medical microbiology. Smalley, who has a PhD, served as department chair of the Microbiology Department at UC-Berkeley.

Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a nonprofit Healthcare organization in the city of Kelsey that has provided quality