Question

how as a Medical Assistants can Improving Medication Safety and Competency Assessment

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Answer 1

As a medical assistant it is very important to adhere to attention to detail in case of providing treatment and care for the patients. Medical assistants can improve medication safety by thoroughly reviewing the prescription for its completeness and the drug treatment prescribed. Medical assistant can check the prescribed medication with patient history for any allergy and prepare one medical at a time to avoid any medication error. also educate the patient for medication and follow the eight rights of medication to ensure your improving medication safety.

In case of competency assessment the medical assistants are not legally allowed to carry out independent assessment but can improve the skills and build up the trust under the supervision of an experienced physician and always recheck and take the guidance of the physician before submitting the details on preparing any reports. As this can help to improve the quality as well as rectify any errors that a medical assistant make and help in learning as well as promoting patient safety and improving the quality of care and treatment by the medical assistants.