In today’s busy world, it seems like there as an app for everything. Working professionals, busy parents, and seniors are turning to apps that bring doctors and medical assistants to their homes. In the 1930s, about 40% of patient visits …

Brookings Institute, a prominent Washington, DC tank think, aired a webinar entitled “Transforming Clinical Practices to Promote Population Health and Improve Workforce Retention” on August 11th, 2015. The Webinar was meant to discuss the need to expand the roles of …

Ohio just streamlined the procedures for administering drugs to patients and will allow nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants to delegate medication administration in outpatient settings to unlicensed allied health professionals such as medical assistants. Senate Bill 110 was just passed …

With close to 100 job openings predicted for medical assistants in Grand Rapids in the coming year and not enough people to fill them, hospitals in West Michigan are starting an apprenticeship program that combines a paying job with education. …

The American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) recently published an overview of their standards for examination and developing curriculum for certified medical assistants. The AAMA is the only medical assisting organization that requires a postsecondary medical assisting program, and their …

The medical field is an ever changing and growing animal that sees constant attention and development from the academic community. As a result, it can be difficult to provide quality care to patients without also continuing education to the graduate …

According the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical assisting is among the fastest growing careers in the country. The growth is due to an aging population and continuing advancements in medical technology. The ability to perform both administrative and …

The changes that the Affordable Care Act has brought to America’s health care system have directly affected the demand for medical assistants in the nation’s hospitals. Medical assistants are currently in high-demand and highly-valued within the clinical environment. Darlene Larson, …

Merced County native, Lizandra Lopez, works as medical assistant during the day but her evenings are spent as a boxing coach. The 34-year-old mother of two boys believes there is a parallel between her career and her hobby, stating that …

In January Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill introduced a new bill that will help veterans make the transition from military life to life in the civilian world easier. The Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 extends a pilot program which placed …