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Administrative Medical Assisting a Workforce Readiness Approach 1st Edition by Helen Houser, Terri Wyman

النسخة 1الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0077628413
book Administrative Medical Assisting a Workforce Readiness Approach 1st Edition by Helen Houser, Terri Wyman cover

Administrative Medical Assisting a Workforce Readiness Approach 1st Edition by Helen Houser, Terri Wyman

النسخة 1الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0077628413
تمرين 2
Two accrediting bodies for medical assisting programs are
A) ABHES and OSHA.
B) OSHA and AAMA.
C) ABHES and CAAHEP.
D) CAAHEP and CLIA.
E) CAAHEP and NHA
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The medical assistant is an allied healthcare assistant who is trained to support health care practices in clinics, ambulatory services, and medical centers.
To provide health care assistance duties the medical assistant must have the knowledge, good practice, and certification from different programs or courses offered by medical organizations.
The national association for medical assistants was first started by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). The purpose of AAMA is to uplift the medical assistant standards to a better professional level.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides certain provisions for medical assistants to avert injuries, to protect lives, and also for health protection.
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) are federal regulatory standards of the United States and as a law, they are applied on all clinical laboratory tests conducted on humans.
The National Healthcareer Association (NHA) is an organization that provides information, different certification programs, and curriculum development of health care education institutions for medical assistant professionals.
Hence, the options (a), (b), (d), and (e) are incorrect.
The medical assisting programs are offered by many educational institutions, but the accredited programs are only authorized officially. Hence, the accreditation process is mandatory for educational programs.
The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), and Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) are the two accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. These two entities work directly to accredit medical assisting educational programs
Hence, the correct answer is
The medical assistant is an allied healthcare assistant who is trained to support health care practices in clinics, ambulatory services, and medical centers.  To provide health care assistance duties the medical assistant must have the knowledge, good practice, and certification from different programs or courses offered by medical organizations. The national association for medical assistants was first started by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). The purpose of AAMA is to uplift the medical assistant standards to a better professional level. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides certain provisions for medical assistants to avert injuries, to protect lives, and also for health protection. The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) are federal regulatory standards of the United States and as a law, they are applied on all clinical laboratory tests conducted on humans. The National Healthcareer Association (NHA) is an organization that provides information, different certification programs, and curriculum development of health care education institutions for medical assistant professionals. Hence, the options (a), (b), (d), and (e) are incorrect. The medical assisting programs are offered by many educational institutions, but the accredited programs are only authorized officially. Hence, the accreditation process is mandatory for educational programs. The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), and Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) are the two accrediting bodies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. These two entities work directly to accredit medical assisting educational programs  Hence, the correct answer is    . .
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