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January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Nursing home facilities that employ nursing practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) make a significant investment in quality of care for their residents. In 2001, there were approximately 65,000 NPs in the United States but only 10 percen ...
January 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 1999 and 2000, an Arizona State University investigator, Eugene Schneller, conducted a follow-up survey of a group of physician assistants (PAs) whose experience as PAs has been tracked since 1975.
December 18, 2011 | Story
New studies reveal that a growing share of outpatient visits are being handled by NPs and PAs, and examine ways to encourage hospital workers to wash their hands more frequently.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Delta Health Education Partnership developed a distance-education degree program for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in the federally designated Medically Underserved Area of the lower Mississippi Delta.
May 17, 2007 | Program Result
Partnerships for Training developed eight regional education systems to increase the number of primary care providers in federally designated Medically Underserved Areas of the United States.
March 1, 1998 | Program Result
The southern states have the highest proportion of citizens living in areas that have a shortage of health professionals.
July 22, 2002 | Program Result
The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing compared the activities of midlevel practitioners, such as nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, with the activities of resident physicians.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study, a randomized control trial in a practice-based research network, examines the effectiveness of using medical assistants (MAs) to identify and refer patients with risk behaviors to appropriate interventions.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Self-medication with antibiotics obtained without a prescription (WORx) has substantial prevalence in Latino communities. An intervention to decrease misuse of antibiotics showed that focusing on education only might not be sufficient to address the problem.
April 19, 2010 | Program Result
The Diabetes Initiative and its individual projects have contributed to the expansion of diabetes self-management at the state level and nationwide.