Dermatology: Patient Care, Finance, Staffing

Skin Cancers Rise, Along With Questionable Treatments by Katie Harner and Griffin Palmer.  The New York Times.  November 20, 2017. 

Veto Limits Scope Of Practice Of Georgia PAs

Governor's Action On PAs Is A Setback For Georgia Patients.  Georgia Health News.  August 28, 2017. 

Mercer Physician Assistant Program Receives Grant To Assist Georgia's Medically Underserved Communities

College Of Health Professions Receives $1.1 Million Grant To Train Physician Assistants For Georgia's Medically Underserved Communities.  Mercer News.  October 13, 2015 

Duke Tops Rankings Of Best Physician Assistant Program; Emory #3

Physician Assistant Ranked In 2015.  U.S. News.  September 11, 2015. 

Physician Assistants and Patient Satisfaction: How Do They Contrbute

How PAs Factor IntoImproved CMS Patient Satisfaction Scores by Dawn Morton-Rias.  Health Affairs.  September 2, 2015. 

Medicare Will Pay Doctors For End Of Life Counseling; Physician Assistants And Nurse Practitioner

Medicare Plans To Pay Doctors For Counseling On End Of Life by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  July 8, 2015. 

Pharma Payments To Nurses And Physician Assistant Largely Overlooked In New Data

Transparency Program Obscures Pharma Payments To Nurses, Physician Assistants by Charles Ornstein.  ProPublica.  July 6, 2015.

Clinicians Working While Sick: How Often? Why?

Survey Finds Many Physicians, Clinicians Work Sick Despite Risk To Patients.  JAMA Pediatrics/Infection Control Today.  July 6, 2015. 

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage; New Methods To Organize Healthcare May Avert Crisis

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  November 24, 2014.

Number of Procedures Performed By Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Raises Questions Of Proper Utilization

In Study, Questions About Who Should Perform In-Office Surgeries by Shefall Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  August 18, 2014.

The Physician Assistant Profession: Growing And Reflecting The New Teamwork In Medicine

The Physician Assistant Will See You by Barbara Moran.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2014.

The New Teamwork Approach To Medicine: A Case Study

The Doctor's Team Will See You Now by Laura Landro.  The Wall Street Journal.  February 17, 2014.

A family health practice is used to illustrate how a team-oriented approach is supplanting the one-on-one doctor-patient relationship.

Are There Enough Doctors For The Newly Insured?

Are There Enough Doctors For The Newly Insured?  by Michael Ollove, Stateline/Kaiser Health News.  January 3, 2014.

(1)  According to the Health Resources and Services Administration, nearly ____________ of Americans live in areas with an insufficient number of primary care doctors.

(2)  _______ percent of Americans are in areas with shortages of mental health providers.

(3)  The AAMC predicts without corrective action there will be a shortage of _________ primary care doctors and of __________ specialists by 2020.

(4)  Why, according to the article, is the shortage worse than the numbers seem to indicate?

(5)  A big contributor to the shortage is the aging of ______________.

(6)  The government estimates that physician supply will increase by ________ percent in the next ten years but American over 65 will grow by ________ percent.

(7)  Because primary care often involves ___________________, it is far less desirable to this generation of students.

(8)  Why did seven dental schools close in the 1980s and 1990s and what has been the results?

(9)  What are some measures that may address any potential shortage?

(10)  According to the charts what is Georgia's condition in regard to dental, mental health , and primary care?

Trends Point To Increasing Human Resources For Primary Care, Acceptance Of Medicare Patients By New Primary Care Physicians.

More Medical Students Are Choosing To Become Family Doctors___And That's Good News For Obamacare by Sy Mukherjee.  Think Progress.  August 22, 2013.

Residency Census Report:  Family Medicine Attracts More U.S. Medical School Graduates.  American Academy of Family Physicians.  August 21, 2013.

(1)  The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the current shortage of physicians today is __________________ with ________________ estimated for 2024.

(2)  The number of U.S. physicians, according to a study by USA Today, accepting Medicare patients has increased ________%.

(3)  Older physicians leaving the field are _________ to accept Medicare patients than new primary care physicians entering the field.

(4)  The article indicates that medical school may be ________________ in response to Obamacare.

(5)  ______________ is an important factor in the shortage of primary care professionals with ______ percent of all nurse practitioners  working in  subspeciality areas and _______ percent of all physician assistants in subspecialities.

Survey Reveals Preferences Of Patients For Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners

The Doctor Will See You Now. Or The Nurse.  Or The Physician Assistant by Sarah Kliff.  June 10, 2013.

(1)  According to the survey featured in this article, patients would prefer to see a nurse practitioner or physician assistant if ___________________.

(2)  Young people were shown to be more open to ____________________.

(3)  Older Americans overwhelming prefer to see ____________.

(4)  Uninsured and Medicaid patients tended to show less preferences for __________________ than those with private insurance.

Inspiring Story Of Patient Care In The Physician Assistant Profession

Physician Assistant Student's Care Wins Beard Award At Georgia Regents University.  The Augusta Chronical.  May 12, 2013.

Story of Elizabeth Prince-Coleman who won the $25,000 Beard Award For Compassionate Care At Georgia Regents University.

University Of California Study Found No Difference in Safety Of Abortions Between Physicians ad Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants/Nurse Midwifes

Abortions Are Safe When Performed By Nurses Practitioners, Physician Assistants And Certified Nurse Midwives.  Science Daily.  January 18, 2013.

The co-author of the study articulated a key element of its significance:  "As the U.S. demand for cost-effective health care increases, workforce development has become a key component of health care reform.  All qualified health professionals should perform clinical care to the fullest extent of their education and competency."

University of South Florida Adds Physician Assistant Program For Summer 2015

USF Health Adds Physician's Assistant Program by Alyssa Bordley.  The Oracle.  April 3, 2013.

At present the University of Florida is the only University in the State University System of Florida to PA program.

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Will Staff more Than 300 Walgreen Stores

Walgreens Becomes 1st Retail Chain To Diagnose, Treat Chronic Conditions by Julie Appleby.  Kaiser Health News.  April 4, 2013.

The American Academy of Family Physicians was not pleased though Walgreens insisted that physicians will oversee Walgreens' clinics.

Political Dispute Halts Consideration of Important Health Care Workforce Issues

Panel On Health Care Work Force, Lacking A Budget, Is Left Waiting by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  February 24, 2013.

Medical and health care workforce issues are important in light of changing demographics and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  To confront these issues the health care law established a 15 member commission to address such issues as physician supply and enhanced use of professionals such as physician assistants.  However, due to continuing resistance by Republicans to funding anything to facilitate the implementation of the ACA, the commission has not met.  Indeed, according to the article, members are not to have contact with each other, in the absence of funding.