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Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

nurse practitioners and physician assistants). In Phase 1 (gradual implementation), 404 xOrders were released between 11/39/2020 and 9/25/2021. Population Study: Primary care clinicians including MD/DO and advanced practice providers (i.e.,

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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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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2024 analysis projected that by 2040 a shortage of 58,000 primary care clinicians (including nurse practitioners and physician assistants) will occur. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively. hours) allocated to preventive care.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. ” Nurse practitioners are having those conversations more and more as their patient base trends older. nurse practitioners can practice independently.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Most ACE units had the bedside nurse, the physical therapist, a social worker, a case manager, and then differences in a lot of other people, chaplains, nurse practitioners, the primary teams. Eric: So can I ask also, Stephanie, you did this survey fall of 2020. So there was a lot of difference in who was at these rounds.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Today we are delighted to welcome from the East Coast, we have Nadine Carter, who’s a nurse practitioner who spent seven years in outpatient endocrinology and is now a hospice and palliative care fellow at Dartmouth Health and instructor at Dartmouth. Eric: And Alex, we’ve got a full house today. Nadine: In Idaho.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

A 2020 RCT of coaching for primary care physicians shows that coaching improves burnout well-being during the intervention and has a sustained duration at 6 months of follow up. The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. From Beth Israel and UNC. Is that right?