3 Major Parts of a Home Health Aide’s Typical Day What is a Home Health Aide? Home Health Aides provide necessary roles in society where they assist individuals needing medical help in several ways. Understanding what a day in the life is like for someone in this career can be beneficial to others interested in…
Clinical Medical Documentation Specialist Most people know about jobs such as medical billing and coding and even auditing. These are jobs that in high demand. However, clinical medical documentation is something that is starting to really grow in the healthcare field. There are now even certifications through the AAPC and AHIMA in clinical medical documentation…
The Potential of Expanding a Pharmacy Technician Career The career field of a pharmacy technician is rigorously evolving due to social and cultural demands. Just within the last two years, there has been a sharp increase in both the desire for employees and the number of those employed in the medical field. This phenomenon is…
5 Essential Employer Expectations in the Field of Medical Billing and Coding You wanted to be a Medical Biller and Coder, with dreams of working in this industry and now you’ve landed the position! You even had dreams of working from home. One or all of these have become a reality. You are about to…
3 Ways Health Care Training Has Been Impacted By COVID It has been one year since everything shut down because of COVID, and schools and training facilities had to quickly adapt to the unknowns of a virus and how to operate online. These months brought about unique challenges, timely innovations, and emerging trends that…
Understanding Dictation as a Medical Transcriptionist What to Keep in Mind with ESL dictators: English as a second language (ESL) physicians or dictators with their foreign accents can be a challenge to medical transcriptionist/healthcare documentation specialists (MTs/HDSs) as well as other medical language experts. Keep in mind, however, that the ESL physician or dictator often…
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…
