Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca By: Laura Switkowski, LVT Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca, also known as KCS, is an ophthalmic disease in pets that causes dry eye. This disease is more common in dogs than in cat, and also can be more common in certain breeds of dogs such as Cocker Spaniels, Shih Tzus, and West Highland Terriers. The cause…
GENERAL MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION VS. SPECIALTY MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION After graduating from the Blackstone Career Institute Medical Transcription Program, students will obviously be looking for a job—part-time or full-time—and maybe more than one job. The easiest way to get into this career field is as a specialty medical transcriptionist/healthcare documentation specialist (MT/HDS). This means working in one…
Navigating the New Normal of COVID-19 in Child Care Centers by Kerry Regan, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher It is now clear that this pandemic will be a part of our future as the impact of COVID-19 in child care centers is significant. It is our job as teachers to make this transition as smooth…
THE PARALEGALS’ ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, private firms as well as government agencies were encouraging their employees to work from home. Agencies such as The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy and The Justice…
The Essentials of Legal Writing & Reading Skills by Jeffrey Hauck, JD, CPO, CII, LPI Working as a paralegal means that you will be physically and virtually surrounded by books and documents. Realizing that there are literally millions of suggestions on how to improve your legal writing and reading skills on the Internet, I wanted…
How is Medical Scribing Different from Medical Transcription? by Pat Ireland, CMT, AHDI-F According to Merriam-Webster, scribes can be defined in the following ways: As a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times, studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists As an official or public secretary…
Tips for Getting that Work from Home Medical Billing and Coding Job Most people that have a desire to work in this program, want to do so because they want to work from home. Job advertisements have caught their eye and with those advertisements, the demand for these jobs has been increasing. This is not…
The Power of the Federal and State Governments in a Time of Crisis: What Does the Constitution Say? SPLITTING THE ATOM OF SOVEREIGNTY by John DeLeo, Esq. Does the Constitution give us some guidance in our government’s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic? We saw the president and the governors announce strong measures over the…
COVID-19 and Our Pets by Laura Switkowski The Coronavirus or COVID-9 is a new strain of a virus that originated in Wuhan, China from a live animal market. Since then, it has been transmitted to thousands of people through human contact around the world. Since this disease originally came from an animal, it has led…
Is Infection Control A Concern For The Dental Office Desk? You Bet It Is!! By Colette Jesikiewicz CDPMA, FADAA At this time, more so than ever because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the spreading of diseases is on everyone’s mind. In the dental office, infection control may have been thought to be limited to the clinical…
