MA 215 - Electronic Medical Records Management Lab

Credit Hours: 1

Using a Microsoft Windows environment and MEDENT electronic medical records software, 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 use the MEDENT v. 23 Cloud TLS Practice Management system to schedule appointments and procedures, create, route and prioritize triage messages, reference emails and to-do lists, and manage electronic medical records (EMR), including documents, results, reports and correspondence. Students will use the EMR to create progress notes to document chief complaint, vital signs, medications, allergies, vaccinations, immunizations and personal, family and social medical histories; enter and utilize health insurance and pharmacy information; prepare prescriptions and x-ray/lab orders; and e-bill using proper ICD-10-CM and CPT-4-PC codes, adding appropriate diagnostic codes to a problem list. Students will also learn to prepare day sheets for end of day reconciliation, use the patient portal, and identify the role of the medical assistant in telehealth.

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 EHR regulations, including ARRA, HIPAA, HITECH, MACRA, MIPS and Promoting Interoperability
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-4-PC codes, adding appropriate diagnostic codes to a problem list and generate reports
Prepare day sheets for end of day reconciliation
Identify the role of the medical assistant in telehealth and use of the patient portal
Manage patient electronic medical records including organization, maintaining, storing, and filing
Develop a disaster recovery plan for possible loss of access to an EMR

Prerequisites: Completion of all developmental English
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: To be eligible for an Associate in Applied Science degree in Medical Assisting, students must attain a C average or better in all MA courses