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Healthcare Administrative Assistant: Skills, Training, and Career Outlook in Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Opportunities for healthcare admin assistants across Connecticut are growing, from clinics and hospitals to private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for medical secretaries and administrative assistants will grow by 5% between 2023 and 2033.

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

Physician's Weekly

The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Practice types, size and ownership models vary widely, but more than half of respondents indicated that they work in private practice, with a single-specialty group practice as the predominant structure and independent or physician-owned practice the predominant ownership model.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. It was a patient that I had taken care of, actually, as a resident, who followed me into my growing private practice. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. It happened to my mother.