When the time comes to choose a medical field, primary care is often overlooked for what medical students and residents consider more glamorous...Read More »
With the passage of the Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act last week, physician assistants (PA) will now be able to serve as the attending...Read More »
In Monday’s edition of CRC Daily we discussed expanding the scope of practice of advanced practice professionals (APP). If your state has expanded the scope of an APP, it may be prudent to send notifications out to your APPs. In such a notification, you may reiterate that until policies...
Radiologist assistants (RA) are advanced-practice radiologic technologists (RT) who specialize in radiography. RAs practice under the supervision of radiologists, the physicians who specialize in using medical imaging techniques to diagnose and treat diseases. RAs work in hospitals, imaging...
Social workers are trained to help patients in a variety of healthcare settings cope with problems in their everyday lives. In the clinical setting, social workers often diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
A pediatric dermatologist specializes in diagnosing and treating children, including newborns and infants, who have diseases that affect the skin, hair, or nails, according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). Such conditions affect children differently than they affect adults, and...
Occupational therapists (OT) apply their specialized knowledge to support and facilitate independence in individuals who have lost fundamental skills due to disease or injury, or who are born with conditions that inhibit these functions. OTs offer strategies and education to help patients...
