Diploma in Medical Office Administration

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• Objectives
  Medical Office Administration is the perfect program for people who want to help provide care and comfort to people with medical or dental needs. Individuals who specialize in this area generally have good multi-tasking and communication skills.
  
  If the following qualities describe you, Medical Office Administration might be a good program choice:
  
  * Enjoy helping people
  * Able to juggle multiple responsibilities
  * Good listener and communicator
  * Organized and detail oriented
  * Discreet
  * Friendly, outgoing, and caring
• Course description
  Graduates of Heald's Medical Office Administration program pursue rewarding careers in a variety of positions, including Medical Office Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistant, Patient Representative, and Administrative Assistant. With this expertise, you can be an integral part of any healthcare team, responsible for giving patients the most pleasant experience possible.
  
  If you work for a small practice, you might handle general administrative tasks, such as greeting patients, scheduling appointments, filing records, purchasing supplies and equipment, and keeping the waiting and examining rooms in order. You might also educate patients about medication and special diets, and call prescriptions into a pharmacy. In larger practices and hospitals, medical office assistants tend to have particular areas of expertise, such as admissions, or insurance billing and coding.
  
  

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