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Navigating the New Era of Patient-Centered Care in 2025
The year 2025 will mark a transformative period in healthcare as patient-centered care becomes increasingly prominent. This paradigm shift emphasizes treating patients as individuals with unique needs and preferences, fundamentally reshaping the p…
The Most In-Demand Specialties for NPs and PAs in 2024
As we near the end of 2024, the roles of Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) have become increasingly vital in the healthcare system. With a growing emphasis on accessible, high-quality patient care, these professionals are st…
How to Thrive in a Physician Shortage: Opportunities and Challenges
As we enter 2025, the healthcare industry is grappling with a significant challenge: a growing physician shortage. This shortage, driven by an aging population, increasing demand for healthcare services, and a wave of retirements among current phy…
Enhancing Women’s Health CME: The Importance of Breast Cancer Awareness
In October, we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month to increase education and awareness about a cancer that affects about 300,000 people each year in the United States, 40,000 of whom die from it. That’s why it’s so important to incorporate Women…
Building Confidence and Efficiency in Patient Care: Advice for New Healthcare Providers
Recently, a student following me at our clinic remarked on how quickly I could move through patients during the day. “You see about 60 people daily, and while it doesn’t seem like you are rushing them through, I don’t think I could ever …
Seeking Second Opinions – Beneficial for Patients and Medical Teams
Maybe you’re the patient or on the medical team. Either way, referrals to a specialist are common, particularly when it becomes clear that the compliant patient isn’t improving despite following current clinical practice guidelines. At Skin, Bones…
Educating APPS in Pain Management – A Needs Assessment
Education for APPs Healthcare Clinicians
There is well-documented evidence of the need for increased pain management education for physicians (Shipton, et al., 2018; Tran, et al., 2018). The Institute of Medicine (Institute of Medicine, 2011) and…
PROVIDER SPOTLIGHT: Aleece Fosnight, PA-C, CSC-S, CSE, NCMP
The Sexual Health Trailblazer
It is hardly an exaggeration to describe Aleece Fosnight as a trailblazer. This board-certified physician assistant is shaking things up and addressing concerns that have long been overlooked in the field of women’s …
The Stones of Yemen, Part II; The Story
Imagine for a moment you are a physician associate and have just completed your first decade in practice. While finding neurosurgery rewarding, there is still something amiss in your life, a haunting emptiness. You recognize the source of that dis…
The Stones of Yemen, PART I; The Story Behind the Story
January 11th, 2019 was seeming to be a typical Pacific northwest winter morning. A cool rain was gently falling on the lofty Douglas firs and burly cedars, dripping down to the forest floor below, where physician associate Mike Jones was hiking wi…