While at the recent California Dental Association (CDA) meeting in Anaheim, CA, I spoke with two CDA representatives to discuss the dental assistant's scope of practice and why it's important for both ...

The issues discussed in this column are not meant to be considered legal advice. For personal advice, readers are urged to contact a qualified health care attorney. A nurse practitioner wrote: "I'm ...

I recently wrote an article about the three skills that I believe every dental assistant should have. Of course, those aren't the only skills that a quality dental assistant should possess. As I ...

Clinician-assisted interventions are better for weight loss Practice autonomy increases with physician assistants' experience level and correlates with subspecialty. SAN FRANCISCO — The more years in ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. The state’s nearly 1,340 physician ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter’s Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician ...

What is the scope of practice of a medical assistant? In some states medical assistants have a clearly stated scope of practice, but in some states there is no law on the matter. Several Web sites for ...

Patient perspective of PAs and NPs initiating opiate replacement therapy The bill is opposed by doctors who say it would let PAs practice independently outside the scope of their training. Kaiser ...