The Office Adventures of Sherry Brink, Medical Administrative
Assistant
By Sherry Brink
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Medical RecordsChapter 2 - Time CrunchChapter 3 - Office GossipChapter 4 - Surprise QuestionChapter 5 - ChoicesChapter 6 – Contact
CHAPTER ONE
Medical Records
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Once upon a time, on a
beautiful sunny day in a land
far away somewhere in
North Carolina when all the
flowers were blooming and
trees green with leaves, a
medical administrative
assistant named Sherry
Brink went to work only to
find out that the hardcopy
medical records needed to
transferred to the new
medical electronic software.
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Now, Sherry had challenges before and always worked through them with her utmost diligence.
This was more than just learning how the software worked, it was also learning how to work it!
There was very little training but, luckily, there was a HELP tab that had everything she would ever need to know about this.
Sherry was self-sufficient
and was able to populate
patient information, scan
and index sensitive
documents for instant
collaboration with providers
of different departments.
And who said electronic
medical records would be
paperless!!!
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Sherry saw the rewards of inputting sensitive information.
--------Reports were immediately accessible to providers.
-No chance of reports getting lost, causing delays, and no illicit sharing.
-Patients received quality care faster – the new Health Plan for America.
CHAPTER TWO
Time Crunch
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Now that Sherry had more
time since going electronic
was a timesaver, she was
able to concentrate more on
helping coworkers. This was
easy since she has a helpful
personality.
Things were going great and
then another challenge
arose – it was Friday, late in
the day, and the dictation
had to be finished by Monday. Lots of people
were sick at the same time
and that meant extra dictation and scanning.
What should Sherry do?A) PanicB) CryC) Prioritize
See the next page for the
answer!
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Sherry learned a long time ago that while all office tasks are important, they need to be prioritized.
She came in over the weekend and had all dictation done by Monday morning!
This made for a happy boss!
CHAPTER THREE
Office Gossip
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Okay, here was the water
cooler talk one day!
A little gossip!!!
One afternoon, Sherry was
going to a different part of
the building and she noticed
a bunch of employees in
one area, looking at the
floor and talking.
With her cat curiosity, she
walked over to see what all
this was. Turned out there
was a lizard walking around
that came in under the front
door and got lost! No one
wanted to touch it.
Sherry went immediately
over to the cute little green
creature, picked it up, brought it outside and
placed it in the dense bushes. (Of course she
washed her hands!)
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CHAPTER FOUR
Surprise Question
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Unexpectedly, a very important
person once asked Sherry if she
ever had any regrets as an
administrative assistant.
Sherry paused, thought about this
for a minute, and said, “You know, I
really do not have any regrets. I
always think before doing
something to avoid that. A
standard in my life is in the
evening I think about the previous
happenings of the day and if I can
improve any and how others might
be seeing situations.”
This most important person
thought about the answer, and
said, “That is a great idea. I like it
so much, I am going to present it at
my next meeting.”
This was a great boost to Sherry’s
day! This positive reinforcement
encouraged her to think of other
ways to be positively productive in
her work.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Choices
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So why am I a medical
administrative assistant?
The satisfaction of successfully
completing tasks and knowing the
company and I have worked
together for the benefit of all
involved.
An administrative assistant
can fit into almost any
career!
- Hospitals- Doctor’s offices- Schools- Government- Lawyer’s offices- Churches- Corporations- Small businesses- And more!
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
The moral of the story for Sherry
Brink, a Medical Administrative
Assistant, is to always do your best
no matter what, follow your heart,
be loyal, dedicated, proud of
accomplishments, no matter how
small one thinks they are, and keep
a professional attitude.
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Contacting Sherry Brink:
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/sherrybrink
http://www.sherrybrink.com
Twitter@sherrybrink1