Medical Billing and Coding Training in Summer’s Swelter

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Trying to complete your medical billing and coding training during the height of the summer’s heat and other distractions is as hard.  Its equally hard for people working on other projects from earning a certified nursing assistant degree to focusing on the needs of patients while working in a medical office.  The tendency is to […] Read More

Doctors, Nursing Assistants, Medical Pros Blast Olympic Sponsors

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The Allen School blog frequently covers the topic of unhealthy foods, junk foods and especially egregious examples of such.  Nursing assistants are among the medical professionals who witness, first hand, the negative effects these horrible foods have on the health of their patients.  I bet few of the men and women taking the nursing assistant […] Read More

Happy 4th of July from Allen School Blog

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Whether you’re studying medical billing and coding, taking medical office assistant training or our certified nursing assistant course, you’re taking a great step towards your own personal career independence.  So let’s celebrate independence as we wish America happy birthday.  See you next week! Read More

Online Medical Billing School Warns of Malware Risk

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Whether you’re a student studying medical billing and coding online with the Allen School or a ground school student who uses their computer to help in their studies in other areas like our certified nursing assistant course or medical assistant training, you need to know the following.  The FBI has identified a real, widespread virus […] Read More

Medical Assistant Skills – Multitasking Shouldn’t Be One of Them

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So you would think that as a student pursuing medical assistant certification, one of the most important skills you’d need to develop is multitasking.  After all a medical assistant is going to have to work in a very busy and sometimes unpredictable environment.  So being able to multitask is probably a good idea no?  Well, […] Read More

The Medical Assistant of Tomorrow

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I found this excellent chart courtesy of BoingBoing.net.  Originally featured in an editorial in  the New England Journal of Medicine, the chart demonstrates just how far medicine has come in the last 100 years.  Not only are far fewer people dying per capital of disease, but so many afflictions, diseases and disorders have been cured.  […] Read More

The Medical Assistant and the Olympic Hurdler

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The nature of health care giving and Olympic athletics has remained unchanged for centuries.  Medical caregivers like nurses and medical office assistants have to be diligent, caring, competent, and kind to succeed.  Olympic athletes need to be conditioned, determined, and in top physical shape to find success.  Yet, the unceasing march of technology and science […] Read More

Fun in the New York Sun

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Yes Allen School students, the Summer has arrived.  Yesterday’s Summer Solstice marked the beginning of hot fun in the city.  Studying to earn your certificate in medical billing and coding or medical office assistant should always be your top priority.  BUT! – its also important to have yourself a little fun to keep that work/leisure […] Read More

Time for a Diet

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Allen School Online Blog frequently shares stories dealing with healthy eating (or lack thereof) and the ramifications our diets have on society and the environment.  So you can imagine how interested we were to find the following information courtesy of LiveScience.  We all know the developed world is struggling with the ravages of morbid obesity […] Read More