Forbes July 30, 2019
If you recently visited your doctor’s office and haven’t already been treated by an “extender” or “advanced practice professional,” (e.g., a nurse practitioner [NP] or physician’s assistant [PA]), you may in the near future. With the challenges of more Americans seeking care and access to care, the use of extenders has helped improve access and provide needed assistance to doctors.
Advanced practice professionals (APPs) have graduate-level medical training. While they don’t attend medical school, they do undergo rigorous medical training and serve a crucial role in expanding care delivery. They are deployed in a variety of avenues, such as managing specialty clinics (e.g., a congestive heart failure clinic), seeing patients under the supervision of a doctor, seeing patients alone, and...
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