HealthLeaders Media April 12, 2024
The physician-advanced practice provider primary care model can help address the doctor shortage.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Physicians can practice at the top of their licenses while supervising and guiding advance practice providers (APPs).
– Physicians who work with APPs should have several qualities, including experience, a proclivity for being a team player, and communication skills.
– Benefits of the physician-APP model include increasing healthcare access for patients.
Operating a primary care practice with one doctor and a handful of advanced practice providers was the focus of a session at the AMGA Annual Conference.
There is a shortage of primary care physicians nationwide, and the aging of the U.S. population is likely to make this shortage more acute in the years...
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