Medical assistants are health care professionals who help doctors in clinics, medical offices, and hospitals. They may make your appointment, take your vital signs, and draw your blood. A medical ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Can Medical Assistants or Technicians Replace Nurses? To answer the question of whether medical assistants and technicians can replace nurses, let's look at state regulations governing the use of ...

Start your path to National Healthcareer Association ® (NHA) certification. UTSA's CMAA is a university fast-track program that teaches students to gain essential skills needed to perform medical ...

Medical assistants are one of the hottest occupations in the United States today. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of medical assistants is ...

Medical assistants — who take measurements, draw blood and fill out documentation before a patient sees a doctor — are in high demand nationally and short supply locally. To remedy its shortage, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across multiple industries, and healthcare is no exception. From improving patient care to streamlining administrative tasks, AI is reshaping how medical ...

Certified medical assistants are hoping the COVID-19 pandemic and the effort to vaccinate the population finally will enable them to be able to give the injections, freeing up doctors and nurses.

Google is asked more than 1 billion health questions daily, Steven Lin, MD, co-author of the new study and head of technology innovation for the division of primary care and population health at ...

Western Technical College will be hosting an information session for a new offering of the Medical Assistant program at Western’s Viroqua location on Thursday, Feb. 27 from 5-7 p.m. Program staff and ...