Blog Week 9

Last Friday in the clinic, I was not placed in the schedule for some reason, and since all the doctors that needed translators were already taken, the medical assistant asked me to organize patient paperwork in the special software that they use.  I had to see the patient's files and place them in the appropriate folder that belonged to that specific patient, as well as checking if the information in the paper matched the information in the computer.  This allowed me to see the behind-the-scenes work that the medical assistants do to have every patient in order.  Even the medical assistants said that it was a very tedious job but it made me realize that the proper and careful organization of patient information is also very essential to the better care of the patient, in addition to saving time for the doctor.  If the doctor wants to know something about the patient, the medical assistants can pull out the files in seconds and inform the doctor. Without this organization, a lot of time could be wasted, or more importantly, essential information on the patient could be lost.