The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to hearing, but it’s increasingly the case, with patients more likely than ever to see providers with advanced ...

Physician Assistants provide a wide range of healthcare diagnostic and treatment services under the supervision of physicians. Their duties may include taking medical histories, performing physical ...

The ongoing expansion of responsibilities for physician assistants and nurse practitioners is renewing opposition from physician groups. Efforts to expand the roles of physician assistants and nurse ...

Working alongside physicians, Bill Mahaffy has harvested arteries and treated patients in cardiac-care units, but he's not a physician; he's a physician assistant (PA), an occupation that is expected ...

As a physician assistant and president of the Indiana Academy of PAs, I am proud to be celebrating the accomplishments and impacts physician assistants have made in providing high-quality health care ...

Nearly 11,000 physician assistants earned their certification in 2021, a new record for a profession that has grown by nearly 30% in the past five years. The National Commission on Certification of ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Victoria Calo is just 20 years old and already has her life planned out. The current University of Delaware junior will graduate with a degree in exercise science next year and then ...

A bill introduced in Ohio’s House of Representatives would add to the duties of physician assistants and give them the authority to determine and pronounce a patient’s death. The newly introduced ...

Physician assistant Toby Brower examines patient James Wainscott at the Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Heart Physicians clinic. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) For nearly 21 years, Toby Brower has ...

According to AARP, this current need for more doctors is being exacerbated by an aging population requiring more care and by the fact that many primary care doctors are close to retirement themselves.

Physician assistants will return to Beacon Hill this year to advocate for the removal of “archaic” requirements that, they say, will make a difference amid the commonwealth’s primary care bottleneck.