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The clinical medical assisting program at Elmhurst College is designed to prepare students to assist physicians by performing a variety of functions related to the clinical aspects of a medical office.

Medical assistants with a clinical background work with physician’s offices, clinics, chiropractor’s offices, hospitals and outpatient facilities, among others. They perform such tasks as assisting with the administration of medications and with minor procedures, performing EKGs (electrocardiograms), obtaining laboratory specimens for testing and educating patients.

Elmhurst's program in clinical medical assisting covers the following key areas and topics:

• Clinical responsibilities of the medical office—assisting the physician with patient-related care
• Preparing patients for examination and treatment, routine procedures and diagnostic testing
• HIPAA, patient confidentiality, legal aspects of healthcare and regulatory patient-care issues
• Recording and taking of vital signs, blood pressure and other patient-care items related to the physician office visit
• Review and administration of medications, allergies and other pharmacology-related items
• Laboratory procedures, phlebotomy and the proper techniques required to collect specimens for laboratory analysis
• Cardiology and the proper placement of leads when taking a 12-lead EKG

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