PARTS OF MEDICAL OFFICE

• Front Desk and Waiting Room: Reception area in a medical office
• Private Patient Registration Area: Offers more privacy for check-in, payment, and connection of medical and social histories
• Medical Storage Room: Used to store medical records or current patient charts
• Primary Care Exam Room: Examination room for physician and patients
• Clinical Laboratory:

  • Where clinical pathology tests are carried out
  • Results are analyzed to obtain information about the health of a patient
• Physician’s Private Office: Office where physicians meet privately with patients, family members, or visitors
• Treatment Room: Designed for providing physical treatment of a patient
• Diagnostic Room: Medical staff use specialized equipment to diagnose a patient’s medical condition
• Special Procedure Room or Surgery Room: Room for surgeries of patients or therapeutic procedures
• Staff Lunch and Break Rooms: Where employees gather or spend time for lunch or break time
• Administrative Staff They provide supportive services to clinical staff and to the organization.
• Clinical Staff Functions include medical care, behavioural and mental health care and integration, health education, medication

  management, and more.
• Medical Office Receptionists. They are the frontliners of a medical office.
• Medical Coders. They translate medical documentation into standardized codes.
• Medical Billers. They are responsible for the timely submission of technical or professional

  medical claims to insurance companies.
• Medical Office Manager. They are both responsible for both clinical and/or non-clinical

  aspects of the day-to-day operations.
• Medical Office Assistants. They perform both administrative and clinical tasks alongside a physician

  or other medical professionals.
• Physical Assistants are licensed health professionals who practice medicine with physician supervision
• Primary Care Physicians treat patients with undifferentiated health concerns and must diagnose patients based on signs, symptoms, and clinical history
• Nurse Practitioners diagnose and treat health care conditions within their specialty and can prescribe medications
• Nurses provide patient care by conducting patient assessments, administering treatment and medication, performing diagnostic tests, and arranging patient follow-up
• Medical Technologies are responsible for operating and maintaining the equipment used
• Licensed Pharmacists dispense medications and other remedies to patients
• Getting Social. Organizations have begun using tools to reach out the community
• Putting patients first Providing the best possible assistance to our priority
• Digitalization of healthcare. In medical office a digital transformation finally coming to fruition.
• Telemedicine it refers the practice of caring for patients, remotely when the provider and patient are not physically present with each other
• Addiction Treatment. it will continue to be a large focus in the healthcare industry