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California was the name given to a mythical island in the popular early 16th century Spanish novel Las Sergas de Esplandián. When the Spanish started exploring the Pacific coast, they applied this name to the Baja California Peninsula. That name stuck. Spanish navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European in recorded history to sight the region that is present-day California in 1542.UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA is ranked nationally in 15 adult and 10 pediatric specialties. UCSF Medical Center is a 650-bed general medical and surgical facility with 28,826 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 12,989 annual inpatient and 14,225 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 37,560 visits. UCSF Medical Center is a teaching hospital.Medical Assistants help patients by providing information, services, and assistance. Other duties include securing medical records; maintaining medical supplies inventory; and performing preventive maintenance to keep equipment operating. Medical Assistants also verify patient information by interviewing the patient; recording medical history; and confirming the purpose of the visit. They also prepare patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; reporting patient history summary; and counseling patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery.

Job Summary

California was the name given to a mythical island in the popular early 16th century Spanish novel Las Sergas de Esplandián. When the Spanish started exploring the Pacific coast, they applied this name to the Baja California Peninsula. That name stuck. Spanish navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European in recorded history to sight the region that is present-day California in 1542.UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA is ranked nationally in 15 adult and 10 pediatric specialties. UCSF Medical Center is a 650-bed general medical and surgical facility with 28,826 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 12,989 annual inpatient and 14,225 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 37,560 visits. UCSF Medical Center is a teaching hospital.Medical Assistants help patients by providing information, services, and assistance. Other duties include securing medical records; maintaining medical supplies inventory; and performing preventive maintenance to keep equipment operating. Medical Assistants also verify patient information by interviewing the patient; recording medical history; and confirming the purpose of the visit. They also prepare patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; reporting patient history summary; and counseling patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about surgery.