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Non-physician practitioners in the ED associated with 5.3% more imaging use

Medical Xpress

Neiman Health Policy Institute study found when patients are treated in the Emergency Department (ED) by non-physician practitioners (physicians assistants and nurse practitioners), there were 5.3% more imaging studies performed than if patients were seen only by physicians.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

” And I said to her, well, they had a geriatric nurse practitioner. So I did fellowship in 2005. Mike: I became a fellowship director in 2005 and I remember having these same conversations nearly 20 years ago. And I met with the clinical pharmacist who worked in that clinic and she told me, “You know what?

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Negotiation and Dispute Resolution: A Podcast with Lee Lindquist and Alaine Murawski

GeriPal

Dealing with conflict in caring for the seriously ill: “it was just out of the question” JAMA 2005. I’ve got another grant going in that’s looking at the family members, and also part three, looking at providers, looking at nurse practitioners and physicians. Journal of Patient Experience. Transcript.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Open since 2005 her community clinic has inspired Americans to create ideal hospitals and clinics nationwide. I’ve met and helped hundreds of nurse practitioners, PAs, physicians recapture this bliss and I want all of you to feel it too. In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession.

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