NP, PA Workforce Swiftly Expands in North Carolina
Investigators provide an overview of demographics, location, and primary vs specialty care data trends among nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians practicing in North Carolina.
Physician Assistants
Hawaii Legislation Repeals Physician Chart Reviews for Practicing PAs
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed the SB 1406 bill on July 2, 2019, which repealed the state’s outdated requirement for 100% chart review by a physician and included other changes to physician assistant laws currently in place in Hawaii.
More Primary Care Appointments Scheduled With Advanced Providers
Researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted a secret shopper study to measure the number of primary care appointments scheduled with advanced providers before, during, and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Substituting Physicians With NPs or PAs in Nursing Homes
Researchers sought to gain insight into how substitution of elderly care physicians by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or registered nurses in nursing homes contributed to the perceived quality of healthcare.
Team-Based Care Including Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Benefits Clinicians, Patients
Investigators aimed to understand how family physicians’ scope of practice is affected by employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Do Diabetes Outcomes Differ Among NPs, PAs, and Physicians?
This study sought to determine whether patients with different types of primary care providers have different chronic illness outcomes than patients seen by physicians alone.
Maine Abortion Law Authorizes Advanced Practice Providers to Administer Procedure
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Maine will now be permitted to perform abortions after passage of a law signed by Democratic Governor Janet T. Mills on June 10, 2019.
Advanced Practice Provider Boot Camp Training in Critical Care
Advanced practice providers may benefit from postgraduate simulation-based curricula to help them transition to clinical practice more effectively.
Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Programs in Hospital Medicine Increasing
A survey was administered to directors of advanced practice provider fellowship programs in hospital medicine to characterize the existing fellowships.
Efforts Underway to Investigate Potential Change to Physician Assistant Title
An official title change investigation has been implemented by the AAPA, which includes reviewing the scope of the physician assistant role as well as identifying a more dynamic title for the profession.
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