While at the recent California Dental Association (CDA) meeting in Anaheim, CA, I spoke with two CDA representatives to discuss the dental assistant's scope of practice and why it's important for both ...

Hiring a dental assistant can feel like a relief. Finally, an extra set of hands to help you move through the day more efficiently. But far too often, dentists make a critical mistake: They glance at ...

Clinician-assisted interventions are better for weight loss Practice autonomy increases with physician assistants' experience level and correlates with subspecialty. SAN FRANCISCO — The more years in ...

Hospital outpatient department visits attended only by physician assistants or advance practice nurses have steadily increased from 2000–2001 through 2008–2009, according to statistics from the ...

What is the scope of practice of a medical assistant? In some states medical assistants have a clearly stated scope of practice, but in some states there is no law on the matter. Several Web sites for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janice Cohen, of Boynton Beach, refused to wait another four weeks to get an appointment with her primary care doctor. When ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. The state’s nearly 1,340 physician ...

Patient perspective of PAs and NPs initiating opiate replacement therapy The bill is opposed by doctors who say it would let PAs practice independently outside the scope of their training. Kaiser ...

There is another legal issue that practices should address when employing medical assistants: who can supervise a medical assistant? In some states, registered nurses can supervise and give orders to ...

Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter's Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician assistant trained in treating addiction. She had gone through specialized training that allowed her to ...