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Let me guess. You’re a nurse practitioner (NP) with years of experience and a master’s degree. You’ve heard the hype about this new degree, the doctor of nursing practice (DNP), but you already provide excellent patient care, so why do you need more education? Research even backs you up; for […]

As a clinician, you’re comfortable with the healthcare system. Because you go to work every day in a hospital, clinic, or other care center, you’re used to the environment. It’s easy to forget that some patients are afraid of hospitals and that many people spend significant time wallowing in illness […]

Fifteen years ago, I went to prison — voluntarily. Jobs were in short supply after I graduated from my NP program, so I took a locum tenens position in our state prison system. Like most clinicians, I had never heard of correctional medicine, nor given much thought to how prisoners […]

Family medicine has always been the backbone of healthcare. The very first physicians were generalists, able to work across fields while keeping compassion as their main focus. But things have changed in the last few decades. At many medical schools, this primary care specialty is considered outdated or unchallenging — […]

Anyone who has worked long hours understands the feeling of burnout: When you get home, all you want to do is relax, get some sleep, and wake up refreshed tomorrow. But what happens when the consequences are more than just a sleepy morning meeting or a missed deadline? When the […]

In our changing healthcare landscape, providers and patients are finding new, more modern ways to interact. In fact, there’s a growing market for on-demand access to services that don’t require patients to establish a pre-existing relationship with their care providers. According to “The Virtual Primary Healthcare Revolution: What Health Systems […]

Communication is the foundation on which any good relationship stands, and this is especially true for the provider-patient relationship. Communicating with patients is generally easy when they’re at a hospital or clinic, but what happens when they are unable to physically see a doctor or have questions they need answered […]

Many recent estimates approximate the number of doctors remaining in private practice to be around 30 percent. This is a drastic decrease from past years. This decline has many contributing factors, but the simplest reason is that doctors are burning out. It is hard enough to practice medicine and keep […]

The healthcare industry is changing. The Affordable Care Act is beginning to take hold and create new jobs, and these roles offer exciting opportunities for medical students seeking relevant experience, current professionals contemplating a lateral move, and even those hoping to break into the healthcare space from different sectors. If […]

The healthcare field is constantly changing as new research and clinical trials are conducted, which makes keeping up on the latest developments important for providers who wish to provide top quality care. Luckily for providers, gone are the days where the only ways to access such content was through print […]