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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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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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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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Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Primary Care
March 11, 2009 5:06 PM by Stephen Cornell
There seems to be a bit of a stink about the new American College of Physicians policy monograph about nurse practitioners in primary care. Overall, the conclusions seem pretty tame. The ACP acknowledges the NP role in primary care, but believes that Read More...
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NPR on 'Doctor Nurses'
February 24, 2009 1:01 PM by Stephen Cornell
National Public Radio did a piece on the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree on All Things Considered on Feb. 22. No one wants to badmouth Florence Nightingale, but a new degree for nurses is causing bad blood between doctors and their longtime colleagues. 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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PA and NP Killed in Mexico
November 24, 2008 6:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
PA Roberto Martinez and NP Ruth Velasco were shot and killed on Nov. 22 during a funeral procession in Juarez, Mexico. The funeral was for Velasco's sister. Martinez and Velasco worked at Texas Tech Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, according to TV station Read More...
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Physician: PAs and NPs are Minor League Providers
August 11, 2008 3:26 PM by Stephen Cornell
In an Erie (Pa.) Times-News roundtable discussion about health care, physician Brad Fox compares PAs and NPs to minor league baseball players : The Senate (plan) is a lot of wishing. For them to stock the clinics they want, they have to expand the scope Read More...
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NYT Explains Physician Assistants
August 11, 2008 2:43 PM by Stephen Cornell
The New York Times published a very basic article about the physician assistant profession on Aug. 9. When Mr. Kelly was in college, his older brother, then a medical student, mentioned the role of physician assistant — a “midlevel” health care provider 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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