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Quality of Care by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Equal in Health Centers

In community health centers, PAs and NPs deliver care equivalent to that of primary care physicians, according to a new first-of-its-kind study.

from Contemporary Clinic

Under the Affordable Care Act, there’s a growing dependence on community health centers in the United States—particularly among medically underserved areas that typically serve low-income, uninsured, minority, and immigrant populations. As a result, the health care system is increasingly relying on non-physician clinicians to provide primary care.

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10 States with Highest and Lowest Physician Assistant Salary

Physician assistants earn an average of $92,460 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

from Becker’s Hospital Review

PA salary varies by state from a high of $112,250 in Rhode Island to a low of $50,200 in Mississippi. Here are the 10 states with the highest and 10 with the lowest average PA salaries based on BLS data gathered in May 2012, the most recent data available.

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Female Docs Don’t Give Grand Rounds as Often as Men

The grand rounds podium is a coveted perch in medicine, a place where clinical leaders showcase their expertise—it’s also one women don’t reach as often as men.

from STAT

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday found that women are underrepresented as grand rounds lecturers in a wide range of clinical specialties. In a nationwide sample of medical schools and academic hospitals, a median of 26 percent of speakers were women. Meanwhile, women comprise 47 percent of medical students, 46 percent of residents, and 36 percent of faculty in the US.

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The Immigration Ban and The Physician Workforce

Harvard and MIT economists analyzed data regarding the contribution of physicians from banned countries to the health care workforce in the U.S.

from Health Affairs

The Executive Order restricting visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen has many legal, political, and moral implications. But here we will focus on the medical implications of the executive order, by considering its impact on the physician workforce in the United States and the patients that rely on these immigrant doctors.

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The Truth About the Importance of Voice

The moment we open our mouths to speak, we are judged.

from Medium

It’s no secret. Synthetic voices baked into today’s augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) applications are unnatural and robotic sounding. As SLPs, Behavior Therapists, and Assistive Technology professionals this problem is magnified when we reflect upon the profound importance of voice communication.

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Pain: Everything Works, but Nothing is Effective

Treating pain is challenging, but doing what we have always done will not move us to better care with these individuals.

from Evidence in Motion

When treating patients, some therapists love their treatment of choice and share their testimonials of how it works. While other therapists love to bash that treatment of choice and share the research on how that treatment has not been shown to be effective. I don’t even want to begin the laundry list of “tools” in the “toolbox” that PTs seem to pile up course after course when learning to treat their patients in pain. My hope is one day we can move past the methods (tools) of treating an individual in pain and understand the principles that can help. After attending #APTACSM 2017 in San Antonio this year, I continue to wonder if many therapists struggle with how their methods/tools fit into the principles of pain neuroscience.

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Deadly U.S. Heroin Overdoses Quadrupled in 5 Years

The latest statistics come as authorities in several parts of the United States grapple with opioid and heroin crises.

from Scientific American

The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.

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With Role Models, Can Minority Students Change Medicine’s Racial Imbalance?

The challenge is figuring out how to get more minorities into the field.

from STAT

Eight of Melissa Cornett’s 10 children want to be doctors. The oldest, at 29, hopes to become a family physician; the youngest, who’s “almost 9,” wants to be an ER doctor. Although they all have endured the typical bumps, bruises, and medical crises of childhood, they’ve only ever met two doctors who were black, like them.

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Hospitals Find Ways to Serve Patients on Demand

Extended hours, same-day appointments are fine, but not nearly enough to give today’s consumers the convenience and access they demand.

from Hospitals and Health Networks

Calling the physician’s office. Making an appointment. Driving to a medical clinic near a hospital. Waiting. Those well-worn steps for reaching health care services are falling away as health systems reposition themselves with bold new access strategies.

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Social Media Posts Trigger Cyber Concerns

For hospitals, a seemingly innocent Facebook or Instagram post from a clinician can quickly turn into a cybersecurity vulnerability.

from FierceHealthcare

The age of social media has left hospitals and health systems in the complicated position of attempting to ensure pictures posted online don’t inadvertently expose patient information or give hackers just enough information about a physician to gain access to login credentials, Don Lindsey, vice president and CIO of Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, told FierceHealthcare at the HIMSS 2017 conference in Orlando, Florida.

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