What PAs Want in the Workplace: A Supportive Work Environment
PAs are a solution to the nation’s physician shortage and can help meet patient and employer needs.
October 2, 2017
PAs Are Key to Ortho Urgent Care Model – Expanding Access to Care, Keeping Costs Down
Orthopedic urgent care centers staffed by experienced PAs are set up to offer specialized care that general urgent care centers cannot provide, expanding access to care, keeping costs down and freeing up orthopedic surgeons to spend time seeing surgical cases.
February 7, 2017
Survey: 90 Percent of Hospitals Employ PAs
Conducted by Merritt Hawkins, a national physician and PA search firm, in collaboration with the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), the survey examines PA staffing trends at 286 hospitals nationwide.
November 17, 2016
A Comparison of Conventional and Expanded PA Hospitalist Staffing Models at a Community Hospital
In an article published in the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, researchers found that an expanded PA hospitalist staffing model at a community hospital provided similar outcomes and a lower cost of care than a conventional one.
November 4, 2016
Using Physician Assistants at Academic Teaching Hospitals
A 6-month pilot study was conducted in an orthopedic department to determine optimal use of a physician assistant (PA)… In this study, our clinic model was converted to a split clinic to let the PA see patients independently while the supervising physician maintained his own clinic with a resident physician.
October 3, 2016
PA EXECUTIVE: Javier Esquivel-Acosta Increasing Access to Care From a Leadership Position
There was a time when PAs practiced medicine exclusively. But as the profession has matured, PAs are taking on more executive and administrative positions, such as executive director of a large surgical group practice, medical center PA director and even chief operating officer of a hospital.
September 26, 2016
Serving the Underserved in Rural America – Karyn Thornton, PA-C
Read Karyn Thornton’s story about practicing in a rural area that was in need of qualified healthcare providers where she contracts her services with nine different hospitals, clinics, and “one-doc shops.”
September 26, 2016
Women Transforming Healthcare: One Leader’s Story – Cyndy Flores, PA-C
In healthcare organizations, woman leaders are underrepresented at the C-suite and director levels. In today’s post, Cyndy shares leadership lessons from both her professional involvement and her clinical practice.
July 19, 2016
Retail Clinics: An Opportunity for PAs and NPs to Work Together
A Q&A with Minute Clinic Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer Angela Patterson.
June 9, 2016
Josh Beardsley, PA-C Profile
Josh Beardsley, a PA in neurosurgery, discusses the value of staying involved in the PA and neurosurgery communities.
January 8, 2016