Would you like to work in a medical office or clinic? Would you like to interact with patients, maintaining patient files, scheduling appointments, arranging for patient services?
This program is designed to provide you with knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level employment as a medical assistant in a medical office or clinic, with skills in office, administrative, and clinical areas. After completing the Medical Assisting program, graduates may sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants certification. The graduate may function as a skillful administrative, clinical and general office assistant.
Course work includes administrative procedures, practice finances, principles of clinical fundamentals, providing diagnostic procedures, patient care, and medication administration within state guidelines. General skills that are developed include professionalism, communication, legal concepts, wellness information, and maintenance duties including inventory, equipment management, and pricing/obtaining supplies.Medical Assisting students can expect to learn all the necessary skills, prepare their own resumes, interview successfully and maintain jobs as medical assistants. Average Medical Assistant Salary - $23,509. - US BLS
The Health Information Technician is projected to be one of the fastest growing occupations in the US. These technicians manage medical records of patients which include laboratory tests and x-rays, physician’s orders, diagnoses and treatment plans. They assign a code to each diagnosis and procedure, which determines cost and reimbursements for hospitals, clinics, physicians and nursing homes. Health Information Technicians also use computer software to analyze and improve patient care, control costs or surveys to use in research studies or legal actions.
Health Information Technicians will find employment in:
* hospitals
* nursing homes
* public health departments
offices
* medical group practices
* clinics
* insurance firms and more
The student will receive specialized instruction in the preparation, maintenance, organization, completeness, and security of the patient’s medical record. Average Medical Information Technician Salary-$32,373.*Based on 2003 Salary Survey-Erie Pa Source-salary.com, Inc. Back to Top
If you're looking for a short-term training program with great earning potential in a health care setting, consider this. With the change in the field of healthcare the demand for medical coding specialists has increased dramatically. This program prepares students to properly code diagnoses and procedures following standardized guidelines. The students will also learn how to complete standardized billing forms for both outpatient and inpatient services. Students will also be introduced to billing software which will prepare them for a paperless billing environment.
Medical billing and Coding Specialists will find employment in:
* hospitals
* physicians' offices
* nursing homes
* clinics
* dental offices
* insurance companies and more
Medical insurance billing and medical coding procedures are introduced following a thorough investigation of medical terminology, anatomy, and disease processes. Computer training and keyboarding help prepare graduates to be productive in the medical office setting. Check out the local AAPC Chapter. Average Medical (insurance) Coding Specialist Salary - $27,116.*Based on 2003 Salary Survey-Erie Pa Source-salary.com, Inc. Back to Top
Medical transcriptionists provide an important service to physicians and patients transcribing medical reports that document patients’ medical care and conditions. Right now there is a critical nationwide shortage of qualified medical transcriptionists, so hundreds of jobs are out there for you. Tri-State Business Institute is committed to providing a high quality education in area of Medical Transcription. Our faculty who instruct in this area are professional, experienced, and certified. This career training program was developed in order to serve the medical industry as medical documentation becomes increasingly more important in the age of managed health care. Medical transcriptionist record patients' chart notes, medical histories, consultants, emergency department notes, operation reports and lab tests.
In addition to specific medical transcription courses, our students will receive extensive training in medical terminology covering areas like anatomy, prescriptions and surgical procedures. Other areas covered will be human anatomy, disease processes and medical coding and billing. You will also sharpen your skills in typing, spelling, grammar and proofreading, all of which are very important skills you'll need. These areas of training help ensure that our graduates are knowledgeable in the areas that employers need. Throughout your program of study at Tri-State Business Institute the student will have an opportunity to become professionally certified in such areas as: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Medical Transcription from the American Association of Medical Transcription (AAMT) and other areas as well. The best news for our students is that all of these professional certifications associated with the Medical transcription program are Free! That's right; the student pays no extra money to take these certifications exams at our testing facility located right on campus. That's a great value for the students!
Tri-State will also supply each student with a Medical Transcription machine which will allow a student to practice at home or remote from the school campus. This will allow each successful graduate of the Medical Transcription program to immediately start working from their own home-based business with their own equipment.
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A Medical Lab Technician performs tests and
laboratory procedures used in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. They may examine and analyze body
fluids, and cells. They look for bacteria, parasites, and other
microorganisms; analyze the chemical content of fluids; match blood for transfusions; and test for drug levels in the blood that show how a patient is responding to treatment. The test results will enable Physicians to detect, diagnose, and treat disease. The Medical Lab Technician may use such lab equipment as microscopes, cell counters, and
automated and computerized equipment capable of performing a number of tests
simultaneously.
Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow 14% between 2006 and 2016, faster than the average for all occupations during the same period. The reason for this growth because of the volume of laboratory tests continues to increase with both population growth and the development of new types of tests.*Source-U.S. Department of Labor—December 2007. Back to Top
Pharmacy Technicians help licensed Pharmacists provide medication and other health care products to patients. Technicians usually perform the routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication, such as retrieving, counting, pouring, weighing, measuring, mixing and labeling of the
prescriptions. They will also help with administrative duties, such as
answering phones, stocking shelves, and operating cash registers in
retail settings. Depending on state rules and regulations, and the type of pharmacy they are employed at, duties may vary. Technicians will also refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, and health matters to the Pharmacist. Also, Pharmacy Technicians perform duties such as intravenous admixture and extemporaneous in institutional settings, such as hospitals and nursing home facilitators.
Pharmacy Technicians held about 285,000 jobs in 2006.
Retail Pharmacies accounted for about 71% of Pharmacy Technician jobs; 18% of jobs
were in hospitals, and the remaining were employed in mail-order and internet pharmacies, physician offices, pharmaceutical wholesalers and the Federal Government.*Source-U.S. Department of Labor—January 2008. Employment of Pharmacy Technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2016. More Pharmacy Technicians will be needed to fill
prescriptions as scientific advances bring treatments for an increasing number of illnesses and conditions and as the general population ages.
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Tri-State’s Respiratory Therapy program is designed to give the student the skills for an entry level position as a Respiratory
Therapy Technician or a Respiratory Therapist. Respiratory
Therapists evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders. Working under the direction of a
Physician, respiratory therapists assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care therapeutic treatments and diagnostic procedures,
including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians.
Respiratory therapy technicians follow specific, well-defined respiratory care procedures under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians. Back to Top
Tri-State’s Radiologic Technologist program is designed to give the student the skills for an entry level position as a Radiologic
Technologist (also known as an X-Ray Technician). Radiologic
Technologists take x-rays and administer nonradioactive materials into patients’ bloodstreams for diagnostic purposes. After positioning the patient, they produce x-ray films (called radiographs) of parts of the
human body for use in diagnosing medical problems. They prepare the patient by explaining the procedure, removing jewelry and other items that block x-rays, positioning the patient and imaging equipment into the optimal position to get the best image, and placing radiation protection devices to limit the patient’s exposure. Tri-State Radiologic Technologist students will also produce and analyze optical radiological images and will have limited studies in computer tomography imaging. Back to Top
