MA 215 - Electronic Medical Records Lab

Credit Hours: 1

Using a Microsoft Windows environment and MEDENT, students will learn the capabilities of a medical practice management program. Databases of patients, procedures, diagnoses, referring physicians, claim centers, and service facilities will be created and maintained. Students will learn the basic tenants of appointment scheduling; use the EMR to create, route and prioritize triage messages, reference emails, to-do lists, documents, results, reports and correspondence to other healthcare personnel; enter and utilize health insurance and pharmacy information; create progress notes to document chief complaint, vital signs, medications, allergies, vaccinations, immunizations and personal, family and social medical histories; prepare prescriptions and x-ray/lab orders; and e-bill using proper ICD-10-CM and CPT codes, adding appropriate diagnostic codes to a problem list. The concept of utilizing the Medical Assistant as a Patient Navigator will also be explored.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Create and maintain patient charts within an electronic medical record using the MEDENT system.
Identify different types of appointment scheduling methods within the EMR and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.
Differentiate between electronic medical records (EMR) and a practice management system (PMS).
Identify the concept of Meaningful Use of the EMR as indicated by the HITECH Act and applies to EMR.
Create, route and prioritize triage messages, reference emails, to-do lists, documents, results, reports and correspondence to other healthcare personnel.
Enter and utilize health insurance and pharmacy information.
Create progress notes to document chief complaint, vital signs, medications, allergies, vaccinations, immunizations and personal, family and social medical histories.
Prepare prescriptions and x-ray/lab orders.
Identify proper e-billing procedures using proper ICD-10-CM and CPT codes, adding appropriate diagnostic codes to a problem list and generate reports.
Identify the proper procedure for release of medical records.
Define Patient Navigator and describe the utilization of the Medical Assistant in this role.
Develop a current list of community resources to facilitate referrals related to the healthcare needs of patients.
Identify the proper procedure for release of medical records.

Prerequisites: MR 105/ MR 106
F/S (N)

This course is required for the Medical Assisting AAS Degree and 100% of the Psychomotor and Affective competencies need to be passed.

Reminder: Student must obtain a minimum grade of C to pass the course