Exercise testing is typically performed as an outpatient procedure by a team of healthcare providers. Cardiologists oversee exercise testing and are responsible for the interpretation of results. Increasingly, the procedure is conducted and supervised by nonphysician practitioners, including...
The chief nursing informatics officer (CNIO) role is becoming more popular, according to a recent survey conducted by Witt/Kieffer, an executive...Read More »
Advanced practice professionals (APP) can bring valuable insight to medical staff committee roles and reduce the pressure on physician leaders to take on more than they can chew. This free resource contains sample bylaws language related to a diverse credentials committee membership.
As influential physicians increasingly recognize the value of their non-physician partners, the presence and roles of APPs in hospitals are undergoing tremendous growth. Furthermore, today’s APPs are often eager to expand their knowledge, skill base, and scope of practice, and many disciplines...
This free resource is a sample OPPE form for surgical PAs. MSPs can reference the form when tailoring evaluation materials to the desired expertise of their own advanced practice professionals (APP). The APP’s sponsoring physician, or other person involved in the care of the patients, should...
Practitioners’ scopes of practice are primarily established by the state, rather than the federal, government. Hospitals then determine allowed practice parameters within state boundaries. In other words, if a state has expanded the scope of an advanced practice professional’s (APP) practice,...
We continue to see the roles of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) evolve with expanding opportunities in a multitude of...Read More »
