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The United States took a big step in the right direction when it enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act back in 2009. Electronic health records (EHRs) were at the center of this legislation, and ever since, adoption has skyrocketed across the nation. Per the latest […]

There’s no question that technology can be a complex topic for healthcare decision-makers. Take the act of laying out a roadmap for future technology use, a feat so challenging that an estimated 50 percent of hospitals haven’t even done it, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. With world-changing advancements […]

If you are a physician assistant, you know there is a glass ceiling. It’s been broken by a few, but remains in place for others. Leadership roles are hard to come by — but why? Are PAs less qualified to be healthcare leaders? The answer is more complicated than you […]

For more than a decade, medical school debt has been increasing at an alarming rate. Debt has always been the albatross around medical students’ necks, but today’s young physicians have it worse than any generation in history. According to the American Medical Student Association, more than 86 percent of medical […]

It should come as no surprise that the United States military has provided a wide variety of opportunities for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. In fact, the Yale School of Medicine says that the PA profession was born of the desire to make use of the skills medics and corpsmen […]

In the United States, mandatory retirement (or, as it’s more derisively known, forced retirement) policies are illegal for the majority of professions, but there are a few exceptions. When a pilot hits age 65, for instance, he’s asked to hand over his wings. Federal law requires special agents to retire […]

So you’ve survived nurse practitioner school, passed your national board-certification exam, and — with your head barely above water — you’ve struck out into the job-hunting jungle. But where to begin? They don’t really prepare you for this in school. Never fear! Only a few years ago, I too was […]

Locum tenens work offers clinicians a way out of the petty squabbles, backstabbing, and Machiavellian machinations that color hospital politics. Yes, these things are present in practically every care facility, but the advantage of going locum is that you don’t have to care. Let the full-time doctors, nurses, and staff […]

I discovered my current job through my locum tenens physician work in Idaho. Traveling provides great exposure to a wide variety of practice styles and locations, along with some extraordinary patient stories. This is one of my favorites. As the new medical director of admissions for St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute […]