Physician assistants, or PAs, fill an employment category similar to paralegals, reporting to supervisors possessing more in-depth education and training. The first physician assistant training programs were founded in the 1960s, in response to a shortage of primary care doctors. As physician assista...
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. Ep. 48: The top risks for medical practices in 2025 with Peter H. Reilly Austin Littrell January 20th 2025 Podcast Peter H. Reilly, North American health care practice leader and chief sales officer at HUB International, joins ...
healthcare workers play a crucial role both in recognizing violence and in treating its effects. The aim of this article is to identify barriers in recognizing domestic violence by healthcare workers—primary care physicians, specialists,
On the Front Line: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners Take on Primary Care Duties That Were Once the Exclusive Domain of Physicians[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Depending on how you look at it, there are either 90,000 or 30...Ruffins, Paul...
Physicians accept a primary duty to provide medical care, which can also be understood as both an implicit and explicit contract with society (1). Implicit components, often described under the rubric of “professionalism,” arise from the moral nature of medical practice and physicians’ ...
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Having doctors, nurses, and physician assistants who assess oral health, make referrals, and apply fluoride at community health centers is critical for the many children who lack access to dental care, said Tara Callaghan, director of operations for the Montana Primary Care Association, which repres...
Having doctors, nurses, and physician assistants who assess oral health, make referrals, and apply fluoride at community health centers is critical for the many children who lack access to dental care, said Tara Callaghan, director of operations for the Montana Primary Care Association, which repres...
This chapter begins with a discussion of the distinction between duties of virtue (which cannot be coercively enforced) and duties of right (which can). It explores attention ecology (the duty to promote digital minimalism in others), understood as a dut
[if that means] referring them to a physician, or physical therapist, or any other specialist, that’s what we’ll do and what we want any provider to do at the end of the day. We have a unique set of skills and education, and all we want to do is be able to care for the ...