Healthcare Innovation February 5, 2025
UCSF’s Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., M.B.A., discusses a Health Affairs Commentary article about the relationship between physicians, advanced practice providers in primary care
A recent Health Affairs Commentary article details the evidence gaps “hindering optimal physician and advanced practice provider (APP) work organization in contemporary primary care delivery.” One of the authors, Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., M.B.A., medical director of ambulatory quality and safety at UCSF Health, recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about the paper’s findings about the challenges involved in optimizing the roles of APPs and physicians in primary care settings.
Healthcare Innovation: At times, Healthcare Innovation receives conflicting press releases from professional societies about what is happening at the state level regarding the degree of autonomy granted to APPs....