Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies

Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies

This comprehensive text helps you develop the critical knowledge, skills, and behaviors to succeed as an entry-level medical assistant. Now featuring a streamlined organization for greater effectiveness, the text maintains the easy-to-understand, proven format that has made it a perpetual favorite. The new edition includes an updated, thorough introduction to the structure and function of body systems; the latest information on nutrition, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and ICD-10; and content aligned and mapped to current ABHES standards and newly approved 2015 CAAHEP standards. Electronic health records have been updated throughout the text, and expanded text highlights now include personal effectiveness topics such as professionalism, teamwork, and time management. Up-to-date and innovative, the Eighth Edition of MEDICAL ASSISTING: ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLINICAL COMPETENCIES uses multiple in-text features and exclusive technology products to prepare you for career success and give you a significant advantage in today's competitive marketplace.