Hard Skills Of Healthcare Professionals

Question 1

Hard skills

Answer 1

Job-specific skills learned through education, training, or hands-on experience

Question 2

Administrative skills

Answer 2

▪️Manage patient information
▪️Handle finances
▪️Maintain office equipment

These skills are vital to ensuring correct billing for services keeping accurate patient health records and maintaining the medical office.

Question 3

Clinical skills

Answer 3

Direct Patient Care
▪️Record vital signs
▪️Administer shots
▪️Help patients move around

Indirect Patient Care
▪️Set up rooms
▪️Assist with procedures
▪️Access patient records

Question 4

Scope of practice

Answer 4

The standard set of task and duties that a professional role is considered capable of doing based on their credential training and education

Question 5

Direct Patient Care

Answer 5

Describes any assistance or services provided directly to patients as part of their treatment. (clinical skills)

Question 6

Indirect Patient Care

Answer 6

Describes all patient-specific services that are provided when the patient isn’t present (clinical skills)

Question 7

Information Management

Answer 7

Includes the collection, storage, and retrieval of health information and financial accounts (information management)

Question 8

Health information Portability and Accountability act (HIPAA)

Answer 8

Includes rule about keeping patient information, private and safe (field of knowledge and policy)

Question 9

Anatomy

Answer 9

The study of structures in the human body. (Field knowledge and policy)

Question 10

Clinical Skills

Answer 10

Any skills involved in patient care (clinical skills)

Question 11

Affordable care at ACA

Answer 11

Open options for Americans to obtain and maintain health insurance(field knowledge and policy)

Question 12

Office Operations

Answer 12

Involved using and maintaining physical devices and the office facilities themselves (office operations)

Question 13

Demographics

Answer 13

Identifying information such as name, date of birth and contact information (information management)

Question 14

Occupational Safety and Hazard Act (OSHA)

Answer 14

Includes rules for keeping team members and patient, safe and clear of infection from the hazards of the medical workplace(field knowledge and policy)

Question 15

Physiology

Answer 15

The study of the functions of the structures in the body. (field knowledge and policy)