The Spacewalker and the Medical Assistant

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Sometimes things just seem impossible.  Whether it is for the person trying to break into a new career field like medical office assistant or for the person looking to make a world record shattering skydive, the feelings are the same.  “It cannot be done” they’ll hear people say.  “You’ll never make it” others will add.  […] Read More

Current Event a CNA Should Know About – Stem Cell Breakthrough

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Certified nursing assistants are relied upon by doctors, nurses and patients to be every bit as well-informed and trained as their counterparts higher up the medical hierarchy.  This is why the Allen School Blog frequently offers “news shorts” such as this one, to highlight a particularly important breakthrough or happening in the field of medicine.  […] Read More

Medical Assistants, CNA’s, Medical Billers, Coders, Do What You Are!

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Over at Lifehacker, they have a post up that provides some terrific words to live by.  Rather than seeking a career that lets you “do what you love” as the old axiom goes, Penelope Trunk from Brazen Careerist urges that we “do what we are” instead.  What does this mean for you?  While there are […] Read More

Medical Office Assistants, Doctors and Patients-Sharing Information

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CNN recently reported on the study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine which recommends giving patients access to the notes recorded by the doctor (or sometimes by the CNA, or medical office assistant) after each patient examination.  These notes include the physician’s observations and other important  data such as medications the patient may […] Read More

Job Interview Tips for Graduating Medical Office Assistants

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Well, OK, these tips are definitely useful to those of you graduating from Allen School’s certified nursing assistant programs, medical billing and coding online programs and all other people poised to enter the job market shortly.  Getting a job today is a competitive process.  But once you’ve developed an effective resume, and once you’ve mastered […] Read More

6 Careers With a Bright Future Include 2 You Can Study at Allen School

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Terrence Loose writing for Yahoo! listed some rather excellent information coming from the US Department of Labor.   In his piece entitled, “Six Careers With a Bright Future” loose shared the six careers that the USDOL projects will have at least a 21% job growth rate between 2010 and 2020.  And wouldn’t you know it, two […] Read More

Productivity Tips for Medical Billing and Coding Online Students

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Studying by remote, much like working by remote, can be challenging from a productivity standpoint.  Of course, it is easier to get away with procrastinating, goofing off and being distracted when there isn’t a professor or boss there keeping you focused on the tasks at hand.  Like many fields of study, medical billing and coding […] Read More

Hey CNAs! What Do You Think of NYC’s Soda Ban?

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Allen School ground campuses are located in New York City.  This means that all you certified nursing assistant students, those studying to be medical office assistants and nursing assistants will soon be affected by NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s latest law.  Recently passed by the NYC Board of Health, the new law will ban the sale […] Read More

Online Medical Billing and Coding Students, Protect Your Eyes

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Yes, online students of medical billing and coding spend many hours in front of their computer terminals studying, reading, writing and interacting.  Even more so than their ground school counterparts studying such things as medical office assistants’ programs, certified nursing assistant training etc, the online students at Allen School rely on their computers greatly and […] Read More