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Institute of Medical and Business Careers
Why IMBC? For more than two decades, students have trusted IMBC with their career training. If you are looking for a trade school near Pittsburgh, look no further! You’ll experience the difference at IMBC with professional and certified instructors who care about the success of each student as you prepare for a rewarding career. Instructors and staff greet you with smiles and by your name, not a student ID number. Working parents with busy schedules can fit school into their lives with support from IMBC. We’re more than a tech or trade school in Pittsburgh; we’re a community of support waiting to help you jumpstart your career. Start training for a new dental career, healthcare career, and more.
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Medical records technicians, or MRTs, manage medical records for lab tests, x-rays, and more.
You’ll learn about the preparation, maintenance, and security of patient records. You will develop core medical knowledge such as medical terms, anatomy, and physiology. Students will explore electronic healthcare records or EHRs and the systems used to store and manage them.
Medical records are computer-based, so you will learn how to use software for record-keeping and how to help offices run efficiently.
Toward the completion of your medical records program, all students will participate in an internship (campus students) or practicum (online students) that lets you practice in a real healthcare setting with professional supervision.
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MAs perform a wide variety of functions, depending on the type of office they work within. Administrative duties might include supporting, scheduling, and communicating with patients; documenting vitals; billing; and general office management.
At the same time, MAs may have clinical responsibilities, such as taking vital signs; explaining procedures; preparing patients for exams; taking medical histories; and helping doctors and nurses during procedures, such as lab work collection, administering medications, authorizing pharmacies to refill prescriptions, performing diagnostic tests, changing dressings, managing equipment, and more.
As an MA, you may also have phlebotomy tasks, such as drawing blood samples from patients to test for illness and health conditions. Depending on where you work, you may also be entering patient, specimen, and insurance information into billing systems; organizing blood-drawing trays; and taking inventories of, and sterilizing equipment.
Toward the completion of your program, students participate in an internship that lets you practice your new skills in a real healthcare setting with professional supervision.
The Institute of Medical and Business Careers is institutionally accredited by the Accreditation Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accrediting agency for the accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions in the United States offering predominantly allied health education programs.
Online programs are affiliated with the Erie, PA campus for accreditation purposes. IMBC is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Board of Private Licensed Schools.
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