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This new expanded edition includes in-depth coverage of topics including privacy and con?dentiality, hospital procedures, cross-cultural communication, and more. Three new chapters explore health care's evolving landscape, therapeutic communication, and pharmacology, while a revised art program visually reinforces key concepts. Accompanied by a robust o?ering of invaluable learning resources on Evolve, this is the only text you'll need to prepare for your career in health care administration assistance.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eQuintessentially Canadian content and viewpoint\u003c\/b\u003e meets the needs of the medical o?ce assistant and health services administrative assistant in Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRe?ects current privacy legislation (PIPEDA)\u003c\/b\u003e and changes to provincial and territorial Freedom of Information acts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCurrent coverage\u003c\/b\u003e includes the latest information on electronic medical records (EMRs) and health care plans across Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReal-world examples and exercises\u003c\/b\u003e enable you to delve deeper into key topic areas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVariety of working papers and templates\u003c\/b\u003e allow for extra practice on tasks and scenarios encountered in the medical o?ce environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelpful learning tools\u003c\/b\u003e throughout the text include learning objectives, key terms, assignment boxes, tips, critical thinking boxes, \u003ci\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/i\u003e boxes, end-of-chapter assignments, and discussion questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCompanion Evolve website\u003c\/b\u003e offers review questions, videos, forms and templates, an audio glossary, and more to reinforce your mastery of important concepts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClear, engaging, and accessible writing style\u003c\/b\u003e makes content easy to understand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFour-colour design and art program\u003c\/b\u003e illustrates current concepts and improves readability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUPDATED content \u003c\/b\u003ere?ects contemporary standards, technological tools, and terminology used in day-to-day modern health care practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEXPANDED coverage of top-of-mind topics \u003c\/b\u003eincludes con?dentiality and privacy, cross-cultural communication, infection prevention and control, new electronic information technologies, hospital procedures, billing practices, administrative roles and responsibilities in the evolving health care information environment, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW chapters \u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eTherapeutic Communication, Health Care in an Evolving Environment, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Pharmacology\u003c\/i\u003e explore emerging topics in the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEXPANDED and UPDATED art program \u003c\/b\u003eprovides current examples of forms and technologies encountered in the workplace, as well as new diagrams illustrating concepts introduced in the chapter to support comprehension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW Evolve resources \u003c\/b\u003einclude \u003ci\u003eSimChart\u003csup\u003e(R)\u003c\/sup\u003e for the Medical O\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ece\u003c\/i\u003e exercises and practicum activities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW accompanying workbook \u003c\/b\u003eis available to reinforce your understanding of textbook content with a variety of learning tools, review questions, case studies, and more. \u003ci\u003eSold separately\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather D. 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