Advanced Practice
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PAs Vote to Advance Profession to Meet Modern Healthcare Needs
PAs pass policy to enhance their ability to meet patient needs and ensure future of the profession.
Kim’s Blog: What Patients Want: Recognize My Individuality Despite My Chronic Illness(es) and Value Me as a Patient
We need to look at people individually. Get to know the person behind the office or hospital visit. Ask the questions to help provide the best care.
Research on the PA Profession: The Medical Model Shifts
In an era where demand for medical services is outstripping supply, a good idea born in the 1960s is emerging as a medical innovation domestically and globally.
Do NP, PA Ordering Habits Lead to Higher Healthcare Costs?
A study found that primary care provider ordering habits may result in higher healthcare costs versus the habits of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Kim’s Blog: Circling Around Difficulties in Obtaining Patient Care
Advocating for patients’ needs is crucial. Are you up to the task?
Outside the Clinic
There are many options for PAs beyond clinical work.
Nurse Licensing Laws Block Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Laws in more than half the states are likely to prevent NPs from using their licenses in rural areas that need it most.
Equipping PAs for Expanded Opportunities in Healthcare
Nearly three-quarters of PAs now say that their main area of practice is in a specialty other than primary care.
Kim’s Blog: Asking Crucial Conversation Questions
Discussing end-of-life wishes is exceptionally difficult, for us as providers, as well as patients. However, if we can give a last bit of dignity to that person in the end of life, we’ve done an extraordinary thing.
Dave’s Blog: Let’s Level the Playing Field
You can’t lead if the cards are stacked against you from the start. You can’t lead if the playing field is not level and ours has never been.