Physician assistants in neurology assist neurosurgeons in the operating room, take detailed medical history of each patient as soon as admitted to hospital, perform exams, order various tests and labs, and consult with neurosurgeons in order to come up with the best tailored treatment plan for...
Physician assistants in nephrology treat and manage the complications of acute and chronic kidney disease. They also provide care for patients with chronic comorbid conditions such as diabetes, addictions, depressive disorders, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Physician assistants in neonatology treat newborns while under the general supervision of a physician. They most often practices in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. Physician assistants in neonatology assess, diagnose, monitor, promote health and protection from disease, and manage...
Radiologist assistants are advanced-practice radiologic technologists who specialize in radiography. Radiologist assistants practice under the supervision of radiologists, the physicians who specialize in using medical imaging techniques to diagnose and treat diseases. Radiologist assistants ...
Physician assistants in psychiatry/mental health manage primary mental healthcare and treatment using a variety of therapeutic and interpersonal techniques for patients who are at risk for developing or presently have psychiatric disorders. They also assess and treat individual patients with...
This past year, HCPro updated its physician set of core privilege forms. In this webinar, Maggie Palmer, the expert who updated the forms, discusses how to use these forms and about criteria-based privileging in general.
Pediatric pulmonologists treat a variety of respiratory disorders in children. Physicians in this subspecialty often provide care to patients with lung-related illnesses from the time of birth through 21 years. Pediatric pulmonologists specialize in the following conditions: chronic cough or...
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care to patients under the age of 18 with structural abnormalities involving the heart and major blood vessels. Includes correction or treatment of various conditions of the heart and related blood...
Pediatric cardiology is a subspecialty of pediatrics focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of heart problems in infants, children, and young adults. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), pediatric cardiologists are physicians who have completed training in pediatrics with...
Pediatric anesthesiology is a subspecialty of anesthesiology that is concerned with providing anesthesia care for neonates, infants, children, and adolescents undergoing a wide variety of surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. The subspecialty is also concerned with pain management,...
