Advanced Practice Role: Physician Assistant (PA)
Nonphysician Providers in the Hospitalist Model: A Prescription for Change and a Warning about Unintended Side Effects
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Third Party Payment for Nonphysician Health Practitioners: Realities and Recommendations
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Attitudes Regarding the Development of a Doctor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in Emergency Medicine: A Concept Proposal
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How to Add a New Midlevel Provider to your Practice
The ever-changing environment of healthcare leads many practices to consider how they will control the cost of overhead, give access to their patients, and maintain or increase practice income. The solution may be to add a midlevel provider (MLP)–a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP)–to the staff. Both of these specialties train to see […]
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Examining Attitudes of Specialist Physicians regarding Physician Assistant Referrals
Referral of a patient from a primary care provider to a referral specialist physician for consultation is an important link in the continuum of patient care. Although the relationship between the physician assistant (PA) and supervising physician has been studied extensively, the effectiveness of the relationship between the primary care PA and the referral specialist […]
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Incorporation of the Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession into Physician Assistant Education
The Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession (Competencies) were developed and disseminated in 2006 by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), and the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). They are based on the competencies […]
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Physician Associates and GPs in Primary Care: A Comparison
Background Physician associates [PAs] (also known as physician assistants) are new to the NHS and there is little evidence concerning their contribution in general practice. Aim This study aimed to compare outcomes and costs of same-day requested consultations by PAs with those of GPs. Design and setting An observational study of 2086 patient records presenting at same-day appointments […]
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What is the Impact of Postgraduate Education for PAs?
Evidence-based practice is emerging as a widely accepted paradigm for contemporary professional nursing practice. Institutions and providers of healthcare services are adopting this framework to guide the structure, process, and outcomes of patient care delivery. Advanced practice nurses are ideally prepared and positioned within healthcare delivery systems to champion the integration of this practice as […]
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Looking into Tomorrow. Health Workforce Issues Confronting Physician Assistants
An important issue facing the physician assistant (PA) profession is how it can achieve a balance between supply of, and demand for, the services that PAs provide in the health workforce of the future. Recently, there has been debate and discussion about the implications of the recent expansion of the supply of PAs. In this […]
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