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Responsibilities Of Medical Technologists

Health care professionals who carry diagnostic analytical tests, on human body fluids are medical technologists. For diagnosis, responsibilities of medical technologists are to carry test on blood, sputum, urine, peritoneal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, pericardial fluid, as well as synovial fluid. These tests are carried out in clinical laboratories at hospitals, reference labs, and doctor's office and within biotechnological industries. Medical technologist who has license to carry out the tests is permitted to analyze human body fluid samples using various techniques in the laboratory. Tests conducted at laboratories are manual white blood cell differentials, analysis via microscopy or advance analytical equipment and bone marrow count. Responsibilities of medical technologists are to assist nurses and doctors in selecting correct lab test and collection methods along with labeling and handling specimens, interpreting analysis result. Technologist need to have sound know

Medical Malpractice Insurance Rate

The medical malpractice insurance rate has dramatically increased for the health care provider. This is due to a lot of things that have taken place in the world today. This includes money awarded to people who have been involved in a terrorist attack, economy sinking, and international hostilities. Amongst these factors, there has been a steady increase in the money juries awarded to plaintiffs who are placing claims of injury by a doctor who conducted a medical error. Because of the medical malpractice insurance rate, there are some providers who have said they can't even afford to serve doctors. When this happened, at least forty thousand doctors in at least 45 states have been forced to look for insurance in other areas, by other providers. Why Insurance Companies Feel They Can No Longer Accept Malpractice Insurance One of the major problems with malpractice insurance is that lawyers and attorneys have raised their rates. Covering their services has become a major pro

Medical Billing and Insurance Coding

Medical billing and insurance coding professionals offer support to physicians, clinics, hospitals, and patients in all their insurance and billing woes. And with the rapid emergence of HMOs, PPOs, insurance plans, Medicaid and Medicare, medical billing and insurance coding is high demand among the allied health occupations like never before. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics or the BLS said in a recent report that medical billing and insurance coding specialists, along with health information technicians, are one of the ten fastest growing allied health occupations in the United States. Experts in medical billing and insurance coding are certain to find work any place, any time, as long as they have their specialized training and skills and all the other necessary qualifications needed. Medical billing and insurance coding specialists are compensated according to their level of training, experience, skills, and how effectively these skills are used. According to Salary.com,

Clinical Laboratory And Medical Technologists

The technologists are the ones, who work in the labs for diagnosing the problems with the patient, using the different types of tests, called the clinical laboratory and medical technologists. are gaining more and more importance day by day. The job of clinical laboratory and medical technologists is related to the handling and performing the different types of tests on the samples from the patient. They analyze the body fluids and the cells from the tissues of the patient. They have to look for the germs as the bacteria, viruses, and other parasites in the sample from the patient. They also analyze the chemical composition of the samples of the body fluids. During this, they find out the presence of the foreign substances as drugs, in the sample or presence of toxic substances, etc. During the analysis of the blood, they may also have to look for the different components of the blood as the cell count, etc. The clinical laboratory and medical technologists also have to often