Medical
Office
Administration
:
The
Medical
option
of
the
Secretarial
Science
Studies
program
provides
the
business
skills
and
background
necessary
to
pursue
the
traditional
and
contemporary
paths
in
a
medical
secretarial
career.
Medical,
word
processing,
data
processing,
humanities,
and
communications
courses
create
a
well-rounded
secretary
who
is
prepared
to
meet
the
needs
of
today's
rapidly
changing
medical
office.
Missouri
College
-
St.
Louis,
Missouri
Medical
Office
Administration:
Graduates
of
the
Medical
Office
Administration
degree
program
possess
the
combined
skills
of
a
medical
assistant
and
a
medical
administrative
assistant.
Extensive
knowledge
of
both
the
clinical
and
business
aspects
of
the
medical
office
makes
the
medical
office
specialist
a
multi-skilled
professional
whose
capabilities
range
from
working
directly
in
patient
care
to
working
in
the
business
office
of
a
medical
facility.
Medical
office
specialists
find
employment
in
private
medical
offices,
group
practices,
hospitals,
health
maintenance
organizations,
urgent
care
centers,
clinics
and
the
like.
The
versatility
of
this
career
will
allow
a
graduate
to
schedule
appointments,
receive
patients,
schedule
hospital
admissions
and
handle
routine
patient
procedures.
She/he
will
be
adept
in
the
business
portion
of
the
medical
office
with
her/his
knowledge
of
medical
records,
collections,
and
insurance
coding.
She/he
will
also
format
and
type
medical
correspondence.
She/he
types
case
histories,
operative
reports
and
transcribes
medical
dictation.
She/he
operates
the
computer
and
uses
word
processing.
- Medical
Office
Administration
-
Associate
Degree
Pittsburgh
Technical
Institute
Medical
Office
Administration:
Most
appropriate
for
students
who
are
compassionate
and
who
are
good
at
organizing
and
multi-tasking,
this
program
prepares
graduates
for
administrative
positions
in
all
types
of
medical
offices
and
companies
with
courses
in
computerized
patient
billing,
health
insurance
and
coding,
medical
machine
transcription,
and
medical
terminology.
