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Fixing the Problem with Primary Care
November 13, 2009 12:05 PM by Heather Simons
A recent article in The New York Times discusses how " Primary Care's Image Problem " is leading the vast majority of med students into specialties over primary care and how the patient-centered medical home model could alter the course of this alarming 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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PAs Could Increase Access to Abortion
September 11, 2009 12:06 PM by Terri Schaefer
An article that originally appeared in the August issue of Contraception argues that increasing the number of PAs, NPs and certified nurse midwives who perform first-trimester abortions could help improve the declining availability of abortion care. The Read More...
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More Discussion on PAs and the Physician Shortage
August 25, 2009 10:43 AM by Heather Simons
And so the health care reform debate continues... A recent article at Examiner.com champions PAs and NPs as a possible solution to the physician shortage. "Primary physician shortage spurs search for alternatives," by DC public policy examiner Alan Portner, Read More...
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Columnist Gets the PA Role Right
July 14, 2009 1:13 PM by Terri Schaefer
Deseret News columnist Marjorie Cortez was spot-on in describing the role of PAs in health care in her article published this morning: I'm continually fascinated by people I encounter in medical-clinic waiting rooms who absolutely refuse to see health-care Read More...
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Can PAs Help Meet Patient Expectations?
July 9, 2009 2:45 PM by Heather Simons
On Monday, The Philadelphia Inquirer published a column called "Waiting to see the Doc: We truly do apologize" by Rachel K. Sobel, a third-year resident of the Wills Eye Residency Program at Thomas Jefferson University. Sobel writes about the frustration Read More...
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Health Care Providers and Recession
January 28, 2009 6:45 PM by Stephen Cornell
On one of the ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners blogs, a health care career expert cautions that medical providers are not immune to recessions. Last week we talked about the effect of the recession on what is considered by many to be the most stable sector Read More...
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Some Nurses in Canada Oppose Physician Assistants
January 26, 2009 4:46 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario is apparently not pleased with the physician assistant profession's growth in Canada. RNAO executive director Doris Grinspun's warning about PAs: "Don't let them touch you." The idea is meeting with resistance, Read More...
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Health Care Reform Essay
January 21, 2009 6:53 PM by Stephen Cornell
Columbia University professor Michael Sparer outlined some possibilities for health care reform in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine . He does mention physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The 2008 presidential election Read More...
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Texas Newspaper Asks For Less Physician Supervision for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
January 5, 2009 4:21 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram mentions physician assistants and nurse practitioners in its 10 health care suggestions for the Texas Legislature editorial. Physician assistants and nurse practitioners are increasingly important in rural areas, and staff 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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Physician Blogger Knows Nothing About Physician Assistants, Writes About Them Anyway
December 12, 2008 12:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
How can New York family physician Thomas V. Chmelicek be so completely ignorant about the PA profession? I felt it important to address todays article in the post standard about pysician assistants. In the article by Mr.Mulder it states that PA are filling Read More...
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Defending PA Practice Ownership
November 24, 2008 11:42 AM by Stephen Cornell
The AMA recently debated the possible ethical conflicts involved with PA and NP practice owners hiring supervising physicians. Some physicians are, of course, concerned about the ethics of PA-owned clinics. It’s funny. Physicians usually have complete Read More...
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Pro-NP Research
August 1, 2008 1:51 PM by Stephen Cornell
Nurse practitioners provide quality care for hypertension, according to a Michigan study. ADVANCE for NPs reported on the study results. Nurse practitioners in the division of nephrology and hypertension at Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Detroit recently Read More...
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More on the End of Primary Care
July 8, 2008 11:25 AM by Stephen Cornell
Salon.com has a piece today on the shortage of primary care physicians. It's a pretty good summary of a bleak situation . Just as the U.S. financial gurus failed to acknowledge the seriousness of our present credit crisis, today's politicians are avoiding Read More...
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