An overwhelming majority of patients believe physician assistants (PA) improve quality of healthcare, according to a study conducted by Harris Poll for the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
After two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas were infected with Ebola while treating a patient with the virus, the CDC released stricter infection control guidelines for healthcare workers focused on personal protective equipment (PPE).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 43
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case with potential repercussions for thousands of state licensing boards. At issue is whether a state regulatory board composed mainly of private dentists violated the nation’s antitrust laws when it barred nondentists from offering teeth-...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week that its national telehealth programs served more than 690,000 veterans during fiscal year 2014. That total represents approximately 12% of the overall veteran population enrolled for VA healthcare, and accounted for more than 2...
A photo-sharing service for healthcare professionals will be rolled out across Western Europe by the end of the year, BBC News reported this week. The service, called Figure 1, enables physicians to share pictures of their patients with each other and with medical students. Each...
