Lack of practice parity, and how this affects hiring practices in most states, was mentioned as the single most significant barrier to efficient care. As PAs perform tasks expected of them in ...

Amid the shifting focus from primary care to specialty care, using data-driven tactics can create tailored campaigns and meaningful relationships with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Researchers assert that PAs will play a key role in expanding access to colonoscopies for patients as a result of their comparable performance with attending physicians. In an analysis of routine ...

Physicians looking to hire a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) may wonder which role would be better suited to their medical practice. How do these two healthcare providers differ?

Having direct supervision or supervision through consultation, chart reviews and other interaction assures all patients have the benefit of a highly trained physician involved in their care. Credit: ...

When I started work as a certified physician assistant (PA-C) 30 years ago, I provided health care for the homeless as the medical officer for an outreach mobile health team in Brooklyn, N.Y. I ...