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Around 2.3 million people who called their careers quits during the COVID-19 pandemic have gone back to work, according to the AARP.

At the core of the back and forth is the seemingly simple question: Who is a doctor?

Healthcare is not a static industry—so as a medical provider or facility manager, you should always be on the hunt for ways to learn more about innovation in the medical field and connect with likeminded people.

We regularly hear from our nurse practitioners (NPs) that patients are often surprised to learn what they can do, especially those patients who initially demand to see a physician. In most states, the authorized responsibilities of a nurse practitioner and a physician are remarkably similar. But like most questions pertaining […]

Much like with physicians, PAs (short for Physician Assistant or Physician Associate) have increasingly moved away from the model of general practice towards specialization. In fact, for the first time last year, more PAs reported a surgical specialty as their principal area of practice over general practice or family practice. […]

You walk into the exam room or emergency department, or you are making the rounds for a physician. A patient utters the words you dread hearing: “I want to see a doctor, not an NP?” There are any number of reasons a patient may make the request, and it’s ultimately […]

When we talk about the “silver tsunami” in the context of healthcare, it’s important to remember that both patients and medical providers are aging.