Julie Elizabeth Adams

Transcribing information from Doctors’ notes into electronic health records, updating records with ongoing patient information, such as periodic vital signs, gathering and verifying insurance coverage or helping process claims paperwork, prepping patients by checking vital signs, guiding patients to exam rooms and providing instructions before they’re seen by Clinicians, cleaning or maintaining medical equipment and supplies, assisting with all in office procedures and exams.

• Takes and records accurate vital signs and measurements. Assists in determining the physical and mental health status needs and preferences of culturally, ethnically and socially diverse patients and their families. Communicates patient data using EMR to support decision making to improve patient care. Identifies and reports alterations in patient responses to assist in the identification of problems and formulation of goals/outcomes and patient-centered plans of care in collaboration with patients, their families and the health care team. Assists with or performs exams and procedures and documents intervention in EMR. Implement teaching plans for patients and their families with well-defined health learning needs. Communicates with patients via telephone per clinic protocols. Sterilizes and disinfects medical equipment and instruments. Maintains inventory of supplies in examination and procedure rooms. Attends departmental nursing and/or clinic meetings. Participates in the identification of patient needs for referral to resources and facilitates continuity of care. Prepares and operates necessary equipment and instruments for examinations, treatments and procedures.