Physician Assistant News
Critical Care Resuscitation Center Boosts Survival Rate Over ICUs
A specialized intensive-care center helps critical patients receive life-saving treatment faster.
Support of Vaccines Has Fallen 10 Points Since 2001: 4 Strategies for HCPs to Flip This Trend
After 2019's measles outbreak, the news about the American public's perception of vaccines is hardly surprising.
See the Emotional Image Challenging Perceptions of Patient ‘Noncompliance’
It may even convince you to stop using the word "noncompliance" altogether.
For the First Time in Almost 30 Years, Influenza B is the Dominant Virus This Season
Influenza B is more severe in children and young adults. So far, 32 kids have died this season — more at this stage than any previously recorded season.
How Advances in AI and Robotic Surgery Will Affect Nurses and APPs
Robotics and AI can assist with a large portion of typical nursing and APP tasks — but that doesn't mean these roles will become obsolete. Here's why.
5 Key Practices that Improve Provider-Patient Relationships
Simple steps such as chart review, open body language and reading emotional cues can help foster a better connection.
HHS Wants to Hear from YOU About How Scope of Practice Restrictions Hurt Patients
The HHS is making changes to Medicare practice restrictions on NPs and PAs, and they want YOU to share what needs to change.
Hospital Mergers Don’t Improve Patient Care, Study Finds
Provider trade associations have long claimed hospital mergers boost patient care, but recent research funded by HHS calls this into question.
Christmas Eve is the Peak Time for This Surprising Health Condition
Mental health and financial challenges swell around Christmas, but does the stress and merriment of the season take a toll on one's physical body?
New Vaccine Technology Eliminates the Need for Syringes—and EMRs
Each year, approximately 3 million people die due to vaccine preventable diseases, half of which are in children less than 5 years...
FDA Clears First-Ever Disposable Duodenoscope to Reduce MDR Infections
The device received the FDA's "breakthrough" designation because it will eliminate MDR infections that occur even if duodenoscopes are cleaned properly.
Are E-Cigs Actually Safer than Smoking Tobacco? First Long-Term Study Offers an Answer
After thousands of people have fallen ill seemingly due to vaping and millions of teens have taken up the harmful habit, researchers are returning to the question driving the e-cig industry's existence.
7 Inspiring Messages to Share with Patients Struggling During the Holiday Season
No, suicides don't happen more often during the holidays, contrary to popular belief. But this time of year is still a challenging one for both patients and providers.
The Latest Vaping Research that Health Professionals Should Know About
The federal government's investigation into vaping-related illness, formally known as "e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury," or EVALI, has been...
The Flu Shot is Less Effective in Certain Populations: 8 Facts to Share with Patients
Research finds obese people and possibly other groups are less protected by the flu shot than the general pop. Keep them safe with these tips.
Amazon Launches Medical Transcription Service that Might Be Faster than Anything on the Market
The online destination that makes buying all your professional and personal items a cinch now claims it can help your EHR documentation go must faster.
More Patients are Misusing Common Alternatives to Prescription Opioids, Study Finds
New research finds that two pain killers branded as safe alternatives to opioids can actually be life-threatening. Learn when and how to prescribe them.
More Patients are Relying on Data from Smart Watches — But How Accurate are They?
Last month, final results from the ongoing Apple Heart Study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study focused...
This New, CBD-Based Compound Can Reverse CIPN—And Scientists Discovered It by Accident
Cancer treatment comes with many debilitating side effects, not the least of which is chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Up to 85 percent...
Inpatient vs. Outpatient: Which is Associated with More Preventable Medical Errors?
Primary and outpatient settings provide the bulk of health care — but do they account for the bulk of errors?
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ICU Outcomes are Improving in Many U.S. Hospitals — But Not Those Serving Mostly Minorities
Racial disparities in healthcare have long persisted, and new research shows that in certain settings, these differences maybe getting worse.
