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

Physician's Weekly

That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. Johnson and her husband, Dustin, operate an NP-led private practice in greater Seattle, Washington, a state where she can practice independently.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome for the first time, guest Bill Ander e ch, who’s a primary care internist and senior scholar in Sutter Health’s program in M edicine and Human Values, a program that he co-founded with a former UCSF faculty member, Al Johnson. Louise, welcome back to GeriPal.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

Part of my job was to encourage students' interest in primary care careers and mentor those who chose to enter family medicine. The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4% growth in the U.S. But we need more research to design and implement these efforts.

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