Forbes March 1, 2024
CEO, Atlas Surgical Group, one of the largest ASC groups in U.S. Author of “Success in Amb. Surgery Ctrs” and “The Healthcare Entrepreneur.”
A patient in pain looks up at you, their doctor, with high expectations. They trust you with child-like faith because, after all, you are the doctor. That word is omnipotent. However, the word “doctor” does not necessarily denote a physician. It comes from the Latin term for “teacher,” according to Merriam-Webster. Anyone with a doctoral qualification can call themselves a doctor.
But in recent years, the healthcare landscape has witnessed a contentious debate: Should nurse practitioners, known as “NPs,” be addressed as “doctors?” This argument is much more complicated than mere semantics. As a quote famously attributed...
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