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"No Such Thing as Too Many PAs"
November 24, 2009 9:52 AM by Heather Simons
AAPA president Stephen Hanson has published an opinion piece, " 'Make more of them' isn't the only solution to America's physician shortage ," in The Bakersfield Californian endorsing PAs as an integral part of the solution to a growing physician shortage. Read More...
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Hofstra PA Students Try Matchmaking
October 19, 2009 3:49 PM by Heather Simons
On Tuesday, October 13, in honor of Physician Assistant Week, PA students at Hofstra University held a day-long bone marrow drive. In partnership with the Be the Match program, the school's Society of Physician Assistant Students encouraged faculty, staff, Read More...
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News Article Praises PAs
October 6, 2009 12:01 PM by Heather Simons
An article in today's Times Leader , a newspaper serving northeast Pennsylvania, focuses entirely on physician assistants. In honor of PA Week , which starts today, "The PA is in" tells the story of Justine Samanas, a PA at Mercy Special Care Hospital Read More...
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Cardiovascular Health Webcast to Feature PA Input
September 21, 2009 11:33 AM by Terri Schaefer
Greg P. Thomas, PA, MPH, AAPA senior vice president for education, membership and resource development, will take part in “ Time to Talk CARDIO: Creating A Real Dialogue In the Office ,” a Webcast that takes place tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. EST. He will Read More...
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New Health Care Reform Bill Recognizes PAs
September 18, 2009 9:22 AM by Heather Simons
In a move that gets the ball rolling for health care reform, Montana Sen. Max Baucus has released America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. While the bill is not yet complete, it contains several provisions in favor of physician assistants: The bill treats Read More...
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AAPA President Writes to USA Today
August 21, 2009 11:10 AM by Heather Simons
In response to an article in USA Today , "Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull," AAPA president Stephen Hanson wrote a letter to the editor explaining what every PA knows and most of the public--and Congress--have yet to understand: PAs Read More...
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Interview with AAPA's President Elect Gets Big Response
July 27, 2009 10:23 AM by Heather Simons
An interview with Patrick Killeen, president elect of AAPA, has drawn nearly 100 comments and counting on the Daily Kos Web site. Killeen was interviewed by his supervising physician on topics ranging from the AAPA's position on health care reform to Read More...
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AAPA Advertisement Addresses Congress
July 21, 2009 10:51 AM by Heather Simons
On Friday, July 17 and Monday, July 20, the AAPA placed this ad in two Capitol Hill publications. The ad urges members of Congress to "make it as easy to care for someone dying as it is to care for someone living." From the AAPA e-newsletter: CQ Today Read More...
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Video: Physician Assistants and Health Care Reform
February 12, 2009 10:37 AM by Stephen Cornell
Take a look at the American Academy of Physician Assistants' video on health care reform. Link to AAPA Web site Here's the link straight to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhs3zPttJ68 Read More...
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AAPA Responds to CHIP Approval
February 9, 2009 1:18 PM by Terri Schaefer
The AAPA last week sent a response to Congress to applaud its approval of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. Our nation’s current economic situation reinforces the urgent need to strengthen the health care safety net Read More...
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12 Physician Assistant Moments for 2008
December 31, 2008 10:07 AM by Stephen Cornell
This is the 448th and final post to the ADVANCE Blog for PAs in 2008. Check back on Jan. 2 for the first blog post of 2009. Until then, here's a quick look back at some of the notable PA stories of the last year. *** January Annals of Family Medicine Read More...
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Another Interesting Physician Assistant Forum Conversation
December 19, 2008 3:33 PM by Stephen Cornell
Although I'm a big fan of the online PA forum, I usually don't link to it twice in the same week. But I just can't believe the activity on a thread titled, " An Open Letter to the AAPA and All LGBT PAs ." The letter sharply criticizes the American Academy Read More...
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Explaining PAs
November 18, 2008 3:39 PM by Stephen Cornell
Nice job by the AAPA to team with the International Food Information Council to create a patient handout about healthy eating during pregnancy. Down the right side of the handout is this explanation of the PA profession: A Message from the American Academy Read More...
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73,893
November 10, 2008 12:47 PM by Stephen Cornell
There will be 73,893 physician assistants in clinical practice by Dec. 31, 2008, according to the AAPA. That's a whole lot of PAs. When I started covering the physician assistant profession in October 1996, there were fewer than 35,000 PAs in clinical Read More...
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‘AAPA Congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama’
November 6, 2008 11:59 AM by Michael Gerchufsky
The American Academy of Physician Assistants sent a post-presidential election e-mail to members yesterday congratulating President-elect Barack Obama and pledging to “put health care reform at the top of the national agenda.” We plan to meet with the Read More...
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