Advanced Practice Role: Physician Assistant (PA)
The Emerging Role of Physician Assistants in the Delivery of Dermatologic Health Care
There is growing use of physician extenders in the care of patients with skin disease. Physician assistants (PAs), employed by dermatologists, fill most of these positions. Some of the duties performed by PAs include diagnosis, evaluation, and management of common dermatologic conditions; preoperative and postoperative evaluations; writing prescriptions; cryotherapy of benign and premalignant lesions; intralesional […]
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Radiology Physician Extenders and Their Perspective in Their Own Words
Physician assistants have been previously studied to evaluate their satisfaction with their vocation. A recent evaluation of physician assistants demonstrated common themes that indicated job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Provider satisfaction increases the likelihood of provider retention in any practice. Physician extenders provide an enlarging portion of radiology services. Understanding the motivations, expectations, and needs of this group […]
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Optimizing Advanced Practitioner Charge Capture in High-Acuity Surgical Intensive Care Units
Objective: To determine the impact of standardized critical care documentation tools on charge capture by intensive care unit (ICU) advanced practitioners (APs). Design: Prospective charge capture analysis of AP critical care charges (Current Procedural Terminology codes 99291 or 99292). Setting: Neurosurgical, general surgical, and cardiothoracic ICUs in a level I, 800-bed hospital. The AP provider to patient ratio […]
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Physician Assistants Contribution to Emergency Department Productivity
Introduction The objective of this report is to determine physician assistant (PA) productivity in an academic emergency department (ED) and to determine whether shift length or department census impact productivity. Methods A retrospective chart review was conducted at a tertiary ED during June and July of 2007. Productivity was calculated as the mean number of […]
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The Midlevel Practitioner Role: One Medical Center’s Experience
Numerous trends in the current health-care environment have converged to produce an increased emphasis on the role of the midlevel practitioner. Financial constraints head the list, including a mandate for the best care at the lowest rates and a resulting shift from costly specialists to primary care providers. The desire to conserve human and technologic […]
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Using Midlevel Providers in Interventional Radiology
Developing and implementing clinical services, including consultations, rounds, and clinic, is time-consuming, and for the interventional radiologist this means time away from the interventional laboratory. Using a team approach to providing clinical services is logical, and the midlevel provider is a perfect fit for an interventional radiology team. Midlevel providers can be grouped into two […]
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Medicaid Claims Data Comparisons for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Primary Care Physicians in New Mexico
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