When nurse practitioner Payal Patel changed medical practices, patient Ni-Ima Lattimer went with her. The Hempstead woman said she’s more comfortable with her and other nurses than with physicians.

Massachusetts physician assistants are pushing legislation that removes certain supervisory requirements, saying it would improve health care access in underserved areas. The proposed legislation ...

Some states are implementing innovative ways to help address the shortage. Missouri, a state with a large, medically underserved rural population, is the first state to launch a new licensure category ...

The PA Modernization Act would ensure decisions about how physician assistants practice are made at the practice level, not dictated by state law. Credit: Getty Images. As provider shortages worsen, ...

As a physician assistant and president of the Indiana Academy of PAs, I am proud to be celebrating the accomplishments and impacts physician assistants have made in providing high-quality health care ...

Physician assistants will return to Beacon Hill this year to advocate for the removal of “archaic” requirements that, they say, will make a difference amid the commonwealth’s primary care bottleneck.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The proportion of health care visits delivered by PAs and NPs in 1 year rose from 14% to 25.6%. The chances of ...

April is National Interprofessional Health care Month, which celebrates the various levels of clinicians collaborating within an interprofessional team model for care, and which includes physicians ...

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Every morning and afternoon, hundreds of students in scrubs rush to catch their buses at the East Valley Institute of Technology. If you didn’t know you were at a school, you might think you were at ...