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Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Each practice addressed referral to treatment from behavioral health providers (BHP) uniquely, including care coordination with an external BHP, a new BHP hire, and an existing clinician obtaining psychiatric nurse practitioner degree. Tailoring individual strategies can facilitate SBIRT implementation in rural PC practices.

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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

Our board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners develop individualized prevention plans that address your specific health needs and concerns. At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it.

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Addressing the Diabetes Care Burnout Crisis

Physician's Weekly

For individuals with diabetes, every day requires vigilance. Second, healthcare systems are beginning to experiment with team-based care models in which care is shared among a broader range of healthcare professionals, including nurse practitioners, dietitians, and diabetes educators.

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Drowning in Paperwork: The Burden of Administrative Responsibilities in Primary Care [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Individual and team analysis. physician assistants, nurse practitioners) to help "de-clutter the inbox" and manage referrals. Study Design and Analysis: Constructivist Grounded Theory study using in-depth interviews via Zoom. Setting: FP practices in Ontario, Canada. However, often the volume of the work eroded this solution.

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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. hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1 hours) allocated to preventive care.

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PA Licensure Compact Enacted in 17 States

Barton Associates

While nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicians have benefited from interstate medical licensure compacts that make it easy to get licensed in a new state, physician assistants (PAs) haven’t been so lucky—until now. Not sure how the PA licensure compact will affect you? What is the PA Licensure Compact?

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. I’m guessing not. Meg: Thank you very much.

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