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Stronger Primary Care Requires More PAs, NPs March 9, 2010 10:05 AM by Heather Simons: Recommendations from a group of health care leaders convened by the Macy Foundation suggest that new ways of organizing and expanding the roles of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will strengthen primary care in the Read More...
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NPR Plugs PAs March 8, 2010 12:41 PM by Heather Simons: A recent entry in NPR's health blog Shots turns its attention to the growing presence of PAs in current health care reform discussions, focusing specifically on AAPA president Stephen Hanson's appearance at the bipartisan health summit. As ADVANCE reported Read More...
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Does Newsweek Article Get PA Role Wrong? March 5, 2010 10:20 AM by Terri Schaefer: For the second time in as many weeks, PAs are not presented in a positive way in a major magazine. Last week, it was SmartMoney . This week, it’s Newsweek . The recent issue includes an article called “The Doctor Won’t See You Now,” which focuses on the Read More...
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AAPA President Goes to the White House March 4, 2010 12:44 PM by Heather Simons: On Wednesday, AAPA president Stephen Hanson stood in the East Room of the White House just behind President Obama as he pledged to push through national health care reform, despite Republican opposition. According to a report in the Bakersfield local Read More...
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Conn. PA Helps Create iPhone App February 23, 2010 11:32 AM by Terri Schaefer: Jeremy Allen, a PA at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, helped develop a free iPhone application that posts emergency room waiting times for its New Britain and Southington campuses. Allen led the hospital’s app development team, and stresses that Read More...
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PA's Cancer Crusade Honors Friend's Death February 16, 2010 9:50 AM by Heather Simons: Brian Mahon , a physician assistant at Kaiser Permanente in Longview, Wash., has dedicated his life to getting the word out about cancer prevention and early detection. Mahon's motivation stems from a promise he made to his longtime friend, "Big Jeff" Read More...
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PAs Receive Growing Support in Canada February 9, 2010 10:38 AM by Heather Simons: Physician assistants are receiving support from physicians to assume a growing role in health care across Canada, though some nurses still maintain that PAs are inadequately trained, overly expensive and unsafe for patients, according to an article in Read More...
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PA Posts Gory Photos on Facebook February 8, 2010 10:05 AM by Heather Simons: Leo Caamano, a PA at Open Door Family Medical Center in Port Chester, N.Y., was reprimanded last week when gory photos of patients, coupled with irreverent captions posted by Caamano, were discovered in a photo album on his facebook page titled "Bloddy Read More...
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Questions for the "Royal Pains" PA? February 1, 2010 1:25 PM by Terri Schaefer: If you've ever wondered what it's like to play a PA on TV, today you can ask a woman who does. LiveCloud is taking questions for Reshma Shetty, the actress who plays PA Divya Katdare on the USA show "Royal Pains," for a live chat today at 5 p.m. PST. Read More...
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PA Joins First Lady During State of the Union January 28, 2010 10:33 AM by Heather Simons: Last night, a handful of special guests had the honor of sitting with first lady Michelle Obama during the president's first State of the Union address. Rebecca Knerr, PA-C , of Chantilly, Va., was among those special guests, representing her husband, Read More...
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More PAs Travel to Haiti January 26, 2010 10:41 AM by Heather Simons: Exactly two weeks have passed since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, and PAs, along with other health care professionals, are still providing much-needed care to seriously injured civilians. Last week, Terri wrote about several PAs Read More...
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Vietnamese Physician Works to Become a PA January 11, 2010 11:18 AM by Heather Simons: Thuy Ho, a 38-year-old resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, and mother of two children, is studying to become a physician assistant, a choice she made after immigrating to the U.S. from Vietnam in 2001. According to an article at Journalstar.com , U.S. medical Read More...
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PA Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro for a Cause January 8, 2010 9:24 AM by Heather Simons: Jessica Lazar , a physician assistant at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, is preparing to scale great heights to raise awareness of pulmonary hypertension, a disease that affects the heart and lungs of approximately 100,000 Americans. In the Read More...
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PA is Named Best Career, Again December 28, 2009 10:29 AM by Heather Simons: Once again, physician assistant has been named one of the best careers, this time in a U.S. News & World Report article called " America's Best Careers: 2010 ." Back in November, CNNMoney.com ranked physician assistant #2 in the 50 best jobs in America Read More...
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Physician Blasts PAs in The Huffington Post December 17, 2009 1:40 PM by Heather Simons: In an article in The Huffington Post today, Helene Pavlov, MD, FACR, shares her thoughts on why PAs should act mainly as assistants to physicians and never on the "front line of defense" for patients. Pavlov, who is radiologist in chief at Hospital for Read More...
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