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This book provides readers with basic information and skills needed to enter the health care field. It equips readers with the skills necessary to research many different occupations in the health care field and to become effective health care workers. Includes throughout four values indicators—dignity, a sense of justice, a spirit of service, and a desire to provide excellent care—referred to throughout. Includes basic review materials on recognizing and reading numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and fractions. Provides readers with critical thinking questions and activities to deepen their level of understanding and provide opportunity for expression of their attitude, feelings, and personal growth. OBRA training structure, National Standards and JACHO standards are addressed. Margin glossary included. For anyone interested in a career in the health and medical fields.
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Perfect Text for entry level students.......2001-04-22
Students will find this book easy to use and understand. The material allows students to start their learning experience at an easy level and move gradually to higher levels. Vocational students will achieve success in reaching their entry-level health career goal with this book. Students easily follow the workbook guidelines and teachers appreciate the easy to follow instructors materials.
The intent of this book.......2001-02-10
This textbook and accompaning materials is written for a specific audience. It is a text that helps English as a second language, returning adults who may not have completed high school and for those needing simple and careful information. In some cases a student in the class may excel and the material seems redundant, etc. The text meets a very important need and the course instructor purchases texts to meet the need of her students. The previous reviewer was very disappointed in the book because of the level it is written for. She is probably a more advanced student.
Horrendous.......2000-11-26
This text is absolutely the most horrendous book I have ever used in a college class. It is written at about a 4th or 5th grade reading level, and within the text will highlight common, everyday words like "familiar", "prioritize" and "accurate" and then in a sidebar will actually define the words for you! I have never been more embarrassed to own a book (which is required for a health care class I must take). In another unbelievable chapter the reader is even told how to add numbers like 2 and 3! I kid you not. (check page 131 for verification) I cannot believe this book is marketed for a college audience, and will most certainly sell this book back at the end of the semester, as it is TOTALLY useless. The writers of this text definitely display a lack of knowledge in the fields of medicine and physiology. Don't waste your money on it.
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Administrative Medical Assisting, 5th edition, is the most comprehensive, hands-on text and workbook learning package available for medical office administration students and professionals. The text features a new chapter on office managerial responsibilities, compliance topics integrated throughout the text, and content on computer use in the medical office integrated within the chapters. The text emphasizes a customer-service approach to the provision of health care. Guidelines leading to an improved health care consumer/provider relationship are included in each chapter. Icons identify content on legal issues, patient education, computer applications, related workbook exercises, and resources. Job skills are provided in a step-by-step format.
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- An absolute "must-have" for anyone considering the benefits of a medical coding career.
- Not a bad starting point, but not an all-purpose go-to resource.
- Title is misleading - and other reviews are woefully bad
- Independent Medical Coding
- An excellent resource for coding professionals
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Independent Medical Coding : The Comprehensive Guidebook for Career Success As a Medical Coder
Donna Avila-Weil , and
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ASIN: 1877810177 |
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The comprehensive guidebook for career success as a medical coder.
How to start and successfully run your own professional independent medical coding business.
Types of services to offer. Marketing tips. Medical transcriptionists as coders.
Numerous topics and resource lists. Covers skills vital to success; education; certification; coding systems; home office set-up; pricing; business operations; ethics; risk management; finances; taxes; contracts; Internet; confidentiality; alternate careers for medical coding specialists; and much more.
If you're looking for a solid new career, consider medical coding -- one of the hottest professional opportunities today! Currently, there is a shortage of qualified medical coders in health care, and as managed care increases, more coders will be needed. Here's everything you need to know to be on the forefront of this exciting new industry.
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An absolute "must-have" for anyone considering the benefits of a medical coding career........2007-09-02
Co-authors Donna Avila-Weil, RHIT and Rhonda Regan, CCS, CCS-P combine their expertise in the updated second edition of Independent Medical Coding: The Comprehensive Guidebook for Career Success as a Medical Coder. Independent Medical Coding is an in-depth guide to pursuing medical coding as a career - an excellent opportunity, given that demand for skilled medical coders currently outstrips supply. Chapters cover how to gain the necessary education, as well as cultivating the needed interpersonal and organizational skills; how to become credentialed; specifics on different types of coding systems; how to establish an independent coding business; alternative careers for a coding specialist; and much more. An absolute "must-have" for anyone considering the benefits of a medical coding career.
Not a bad starting point, but not an all-purpose go-to resource........2007-01-04
Donna Avila-Weil, Independent Medical Coding (Rayve Productions, 1999)
Looking for information on being a medical coder? This could be an interesting start, but it likely won't complete your education.
Independent Medical Coding spends its first third or so going over some general concepts you'll need to know in coding, though the key word here is "general"; you'll end up using this as a jumping-off point to find more detailed books about the ins and outs of coding.
The rest of the book is devoted to more general discussion on starting your own home-based business, all of which once again is of a general nature and will probably send you searching for more detailed books on the same topic, if you're looking to start your own business rather than code for a company. So this one is worth your time if you're brand-new to the search, but be aware you'll be buying more books after this. ***
Title is misleading - and other reviews are woefully bad.......2003-07-17
The word "comprehensive" in the title is the objectionable term here since this book is essentially a series of short, insufficient passages. There is nothing here that couldn't be found for free on the internet or with a little bit of work reviewing *any* basic "starting your own business books."
I'll be returning this book. Ironically, I'm out the return postage cost, but since the book is really only a handbook and uses a big font, the cost probably won't be much to ship such a small book back. My advice is to not waste your money unless you need a primer on basic business principles and a reference for where to get the medical coder training.
Independent Medical Coding.......2002-03-01
This book is really a great resource. I have devoured it. There is so much useful information in it and it is the first book I have found on this subject that goes into all it would take to make this a great career move. I was looking for a great home business and I think this book will be a great help. I wish I had found it sooner. Good job for the authors.
An excellent resource for coding professionals.......2000-03-20
I was very pleased to find this book on Independent Medical Coding. I had been considering just such a career, but didn't know where to begin. This book was exactly what I needed. It gives the experienced coder an alternative career path into entrepeneurship without doing "billing". This book provided me the first stepping stone in what is soon to be my new career. I would like to see the authors do an even more in-depth book, providing even more information about this field. Because books of this nature are so rare, a comprehensive reference would be wonderful, and I would gladly pay extra for the information. The book as written, however, is an excellent resource and I definitely recommend it to anyone already skilled in coding who is interested in working for themselves. Thank you for writing this book!
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- Very basic.
- Great step to start your own company
- Excellent book for med trans students (coming from one!)
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Helping users land that first job and build a successful career in medical transcription, this essential handbook offers practical guidelines and tips in job search strategies, career development, opportunities for advancement, and much more. Presents effective job hunting skills, with in-depth chapters on the job search process and preparing your resume. Shares inside tricks-of-the-trade, and provides a full chapter on home-based transcription that includes discussions on developing independent business skills (such as sales), marketing, tax and records. Explores internet skills for medical transcriptionists, job hunting, and medical researching on the web. Enriches material with numerous case studies and includes many web-site addresses for further exploration.
Customer Reviews:
Very basic........2005-09-15
This book is just plain old common sense, there is no real information given. Very basic.
Great step to start your own company.......2005-02-13
As founder and developer of a unique medical transcription company, EchoScribe Inc, this book is a great way to explore career options in MT. In fact, many of our clients, people who started their own company though the careers section of our company website, recomend this book because of its completeness. Our careers section www.echoscribe.com/careers.asp
Excellent book for med trans students (coming from one!).......2000-05-27
I am so glad that I bought this book! It is very helpful and insightful. I am currently in a two-year Associate of Science in Medical Transcription degree program, and while I am very happy with my training at the college, I felt clueless as to: how to start looking for a job, what I should look for in a position, what to expect in salary for my first job, how to do my resume with no on-the-job medical transcription experience, etc. This book covers it all! It has good information on all of the above mentioned topics AND stories from working medical transcriptionists and how they got their first jobs. It also has websites relevant to medical transcription and many more tips including a chapter on "tricks of the trade." This is an excellent book if you need ideas on how to start after you graduate. I highly recommend it for any medical transcription student!
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You hear sirens wailing behind and pull to the side just as the ambulance breezes past you at a seemingly break-neck speed. You see through the rear windows, the EMT inside is laughing as he converses with the patient. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside? Here is your chance to climb inside and see what really happens beneath the sirens. EMS: The Job of Your Life takes you behind the wheel and into the heart of chaos as you read about the ups and downs of one of the most dangerous professions in the world.
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5 stars!.......2007-03-11
This was an excellent book! Although I generally hate books that have been assigned to me, this was a major exception! As a series of shorter stories, it is a fast read and you hardly want to put it down. It'll keep you laughing, especially if you are familiar with the field as I am.
The lighter side of EMS.......2007-02-03
This book is a page turner that you can't put down, if you have any interest in the EMS field. Although if you've been in the field for any amount of time you'd probably run into a lot of what is written in this book. Devin does put a funny spin throughout the book on things that makes you laugh out loud while reading this book though. Buy it it's worth the read.
Good...but a downer too.......2006-10-15
Its a realistic look into our world, unfortunate sometimes. Ive followed the authors posted on ems based message boards and after him touting his book - I had to come find it. It was funny, read it all one sitting and is sitting dog-eared at my station right now. Best part - all the radio immaturity. Try as we might to sound like professions - we all goof off, especially on the radios, especially on 'company band' radios. I do agree with a few other posters tho - and would have prefered some more of the "good" sides of EMS. the sweet lil old lady that just smiles at you all the way in, like your an angel, a great save that you talk about for weeks, the fuzzy feeling we all get sometimes. So maybe if theres an EMS3 - tack on some lighter side stuff. overall tho, i definatly think its a book people in ems can relate to. dont know if ide totally recomend it for 'outsiders' tho, as they might interput it all as lazy and uncaring. (thats only some days!)
Why are you still in EMS?.......2006-06-07
I picked this book up after Devin took a job in our area. The intro was very well written and I thought "hey this should be great."
But then the book turns into a string of what we would refer to as "bumper stories" - 2 minute tales told while sitting on the front bumper of the rescue truck waiting for the horn to blow. Many of the stories have the feel of "urban legend" having been passed around NJ for decades and morphing over time.
And we all know that "real guys" don't talk about emotion - they just complain about how bad things are, so there is nothing in here that I felt captured the motivation that keeps people in this business. Too many "that was a horrible shift" stories, but no great saves.
Yes, I can recall events like this. But if they were all that made up my day, I would have left years ago.
(I did get one smile from a simple line on page 26 - Don't cut a down jacket.
Because I've been there.)
Thank you Devin!!! ;-).......2006-02-05
Thank you Devin for writing such a great book!!! I loved it from the minute I started reading it... I couldn't put it down.
I recommend it to everyone, even those not in the EMS field.
Michelle
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Based on Delmar's best-selling book Diversified Health Occupations, 5E by Louise Simmers, Introduction to Health Science Technology builds on this solid foundation by adding computer training, leadership and team building skills, and in-depth medical math. Introduction to Health Science Technology covers the core information needed to pursue a career in health care from an introduction of the health care industry and the basics of a health care system to overview of health care careers and legal and ethical responsibilities of health care workers to medical terminology and basic anatomy and physiology. The workbook offers exercises and evaluation sheets that correlate with the text.
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Planning for a Successful Career Transition is a guide for physicians interested in redirecting their career path, either within or outside the medical profession. The material includes:
-Insights from recruiters who specialize in this type of transition
-Interviews with peers who have successfully redirected their career paths
-Websites available for developing and managing your career
-Techniques to judge your personality and skill compatibility with a career option
From the Publisher
Step-by-step, fool-proof instructions to guide any health professions student, graduate, or practitioner through what can be an agonizing process of writing these important documents. Learn how to identify and describe your accomplishments to emphasize your strengths. Includes examples of actual résumés and personal statements. Also details how to use cover and thank-you letters to establish relationships with interviewers.
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just what I was looking for.......2007-06-27
easy to follow, multiple examples to learn from, addressed key issues in writing a CV
OK book, but does not worth buying.......2005-10-24
I bought this book to try and improve my personal statement for residency application. This book is straightforward, but it is too simple. You will not find any majic formulas or great examples. The examples that are there - are VERY VERY classic and long unappreciated by the RD's.
I am sorry to tell this to the author but the usual "I saw a physician saving little boy's life" or "I delivered clafs when I was 5 and that is why i want to become a OB/GYN" are no longer working succesfully to get interview. If you need examples - surf the web and then WRITE YOUR OWN PS.
ON a separate note: I thing I did agree with the author is that the use of the online automated services is probable not the best option to go thru, so the answer is (I think) better write your ow - even if it is not perfect - you can FEEL that the person wrote it, that it is not unpersonal" statement.
An excellent book !.......2005-08-15
I loved it because of its comprehensive topics, helful tips and practical approach. I wishh all the best for dear Dr. Tysinger, the editor of this state of art !
The Best Resource I've Encountered.......2004-09-18
I am a prospective med-school student in the application process. I have been to several bookstores, online sites, and my own college's health professions office. No guide, book, or handout has even a fraction of the depth and clarity in this book. This book guides the reader step by step towards a great resume and personal statement in a structured, workbook-like format. This strategy was particularly helpful when I wrote my personal statement. The author's years of experience shine through in the motivational and preperatory statements designed to ease the student through the stressful process. Dr. Tysinger's methods are unique and thorough, and more than just a compilation of pre-fabricated examples. I am confident my personal statement addresses issues and qualities med schools are concerned with in a fluid and easily understandable manner. This guide is one of a kind for healthcare applicants.
An extremely valuable resource for medical students........1999-02-22
Dr. Tysinger draws on his extensive experience advising medical students to share useful strategies for the match process. He offers practical tips for preparing personal statements and CVs, and gives particular attention to the process of identifying personal experiences and strengths and developing "marketing strategies" for residency interviews. Lots of examples are provided to help illustrate the variety of experiences that can be discussed in a personal statement. Dr. Tysinger also provides worksheets for the applicant to complete to aid in the writing process. Much of the advice provided will be of great help to physicians further along in their careers, as well as other health professionals. This book will be particularly helpful to the medical student who is having difficulty with his/her personal statement because "I haven't done anything except go to medical school for the last four years!" This book can help you identify your strengths and unique abilities, no matter what you've done (or haven't done) and no matter what your specialty choice is. I highly recommend it.
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Critical advice for people considering a career as a firefighter on how to succeed at the competitive application process.
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An exciting and helpful work on becoming a firefighter........1998-08-02
The author clearly presents the process one must go through to become a firefighter. She offers tips on passing the written, as well as physical, exams and is very encouraging throughout. What I also enjoyed were the one page statements made by firefighters themselves at the end of each chapter in THE INSIDE TRACK. Schools are listed as well as organizations to help finance an education in this field. Professional Associations are also provided at the end of the book. If you'd like a quick and thorough look into the world of the firefighter, this is a book for you.
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- Outrageously Overpriced
- Strategic Career Management for the 21st Century Physician
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Strategic Career Management for the 21st Century Physician
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As the practice of medicine continues to change, a myriad of new career possibilities continue to emerge. Strategic Career Management for the 21st Century Physician provides clear strategies on how to redirect your career within the medical industry. This informative book discusses ways to explore, shift and thrive in new career paths within the health care industry. Subjects addressed include:
-Various kinds of organizations and careers available
-Steps necessary for a successful transition
-Handling the objections raised by colleagues, friends and family
-Examples of physicians in the process of evaluating their careers in case study format
Strategic Career Management for the 21st Century Physician was co-authored by Gigi Hirsch, MD, the co-founder and CEO of MD Career Net, and Mike Scott, author of Planning for a Successful Career Transition for the AMA.
Customer Reviews:
Outrageously Overpriced.......2006-11-10
Well, let's just say that this is one way to finance your career transition--sell a very short book for a very big price. The first few chapters, which describe some of the cultural norms that may impede a physician's career transition, were engaging and informative. About a third of the way through, though, the book became pure, unadulterated, non-informative filler. Meanwhile, the book is priced like a medical textbook. Under no circumstances should anyone buy this book at full price. Just because I made this mistake doesn't mean the rest of you have to! ;-)
Strategic Career Management for the 21st Century Physician.......2000-11-25
A unique and much needed resource for physicians at all stages of their careers. This book will also be helpful to anyone contemplating entering the medical profession. Dr. Hirsch succinctly presents for the reader a comprehensive guide to the many career options available to those with a medical degree. She provides a clear, analytical framework from which the reader can explore their own best "career fit" within the medical profession. Despite the crisis in clinical medicine today, Dr. Hirsch presents her message in a positive, constructive style.
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