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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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'What Is a PA?' Redux
May 13, 2009 2:57 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
While it serves nobody for us to post every published "Health Care 101: Intro to PAs" article, here's one worth mentioning. This news feature is notable not only because is it an excellent description of the profession, but also because it focuses more 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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Have Nurse Practitioners "Gone Off the Deep End"?
February 11, 2009 3:39 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician assistant blogger physasst questions the nurse practitioner profession's move to the DNP degree . OKEY DOKEY. I like NP's, I consider them colleagues, but I think that they have gone off the deep end with this one. First, mandating that all 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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Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Bashing?
January 26, 2009 11:42 AM by Stephen Cornell
PhysAsst talks on his blog, "Are you a Doctor??" about bashing of physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Well, I have been reading some of the blogs here in the blogosphere, and one theme seems to remain constant. That is, PA and NP bashing, on 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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