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Category: Workforce
AP44 Proposed Rule: Our Comments
On May 25, 2016, the Department of Veteran Affairs announced their AP44-Proposed Rule to amend its medical regulations that will permit full practice authority to all advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) acting within their scope of practice during their VA Continue Reading …
Why Physician Assistants don’t do Primary Care
As increasing proportions of the population now have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the primary care physician shortage has become increasingly concerning. Concepts such as team-based care and value-based performance require comprehensive services and management of patient outcomes. Physician Continue Reading …
Will direct primary care bring joy back to medicine
More than half of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout. This is much higher than in the general population. The major factors of physician satisfaction involve perceived obstacles to providing high-quality care such as unsupportive practice leadership or Continue Reading …
Delivery System Reforms: Delivering Value?
Restructuring health care delivery to reduce costs and improve quality is a fundamental part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a response to the long history of high domestic healthcare spending with suboptimal outcomes. In fact, the ACA mandated Continue Reading …
The Country Nurse
A recent study published in Medical Care examined the relationship of geographic accessibility to primary care providers. Data derived from the 2013 Area Health Resource File, which provides a comprehensive data on a broad range of health resources and socioeconomic Continue Reading …