The Allied Health/Medical Assistant Program provides training for students to become multi-skilled health care professionals. The program offers both the administrative skills required for front office duties—greeting patients, filing and updating medical records, scheduling appointments, handling correspondence and medical billing—and the clinical skills required to render basic patient care—taking medical histories, recording vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, and assisting the physician during an examination. In addition the program provides training in CPR, basic first aid, OSHA guidelines and online HIPAA Training. Upon completion of this program, students will be proficient in working in a vast number of health care settings such as: physician’s offices, medical laboratories, hospitals, and clinics.

What is a Medical Assistant?
A medical assistant is a multi-skilled healthcare professional
who functions as a member of the health care team. The medical
assistant performs both administrative (front office) and clinical
(back office) duties.

What are the duties of a Medical Assistant?
Medical Assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks
to keep health care delivery settings running smoothly, such as:

• Schedule appointments
• Handle telephones
• Maintain patient chart
• Process insurance claims
• Maintain office finances
• Manage medical records
• Prepare correspondence and medical reports
• Maintain patient confidentiality following HIPAA guidelines
• Perform patient history intake
• Record and monitor vital signs
• Prepare patients for examination
• Perform routine lab tests
• Draw blood
• Practice universal safety precautions (OSHA)