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Nursing research leaders: NPs should not work alone in the ER
In Jan 2022, the Journal of Nursing Regulation published an article entitled: Analysis of Nurse Practitioners’ Educational Preparation, Credentialing, and Scope of [...]
Point of view: Let NPs and PAs practice independently – but hold them to the same standard as physicians
Attorney and emergency medicine physician William P. Sullivan believes that nonphysician practitioners should practice independently, but be held to the same medical [...]
The headlines don’t always match the data: An example of egregious methodology in NP literature
In several previous podcasts, you have heard us refer to research studies that claim to show that nurse practitioner care is just [...]
The secret to hiring and retaining good doctors and why hospital administrators don’t want to hear it
Douglas Farrago MD discusses why '9 out of 10 administrators' absolutely hate his new book, The Hospital Guide to Physician Retention: Why Creating [...]
Women physicians on scope of practice – Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 5/9/2022 Sonal Patel MD and Jou Jou Hanna MD discuss the difficult choices that [...]
No shortcuts in medicine: why women physicians are fired up about scope of practice – Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/25/2022 One topic that gets women physicians fired up like no other is a [...]
Is it time for an NP/PA ‘Flexner Report?’ Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/11/2022 Part 2 of our discussion with John Lafferty MD regarding the need for [...]
Is it time for an NP/PA ‘Flexner Report?’ Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/4/2022 Many of our podcasts have focused on concerns about the deterioration of nurse [...]
Equal pay for ‘equal’ work: Inside the NP fight to be paid the same as physicians
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 3/28/2022 One of the strategic goals of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners listed [...]
Former PA and author of ‘Hospital Confidential’ discusses midlevel malpractice risk
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 3/14/2022 As nonphysician practitioners increasingly provide more patient care, experts note a commensurate increase [...]
Is this the end of the full-spectrum Family Physician?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 2/28/2022 As our listeners already know by now, to be licensed to practice medicine, [...]
Who will be reading your next x-ray?
Almost every field of medicine today involves some type of nonphysician practitioner, whose role was originally created to help physicians see patients [...]
Responding to EM:RAP and the use of NPPs in the ER
A few months ago, EM:RAP, a well-known and respected EM CME provider hosted a discussion about nonphysician practitioners in the emergency room. [...]
Exposing mistruths in the AANP’s rebuttal to PPP – Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|1/3/2022 In part 2 of our discussion, Dr. Alyson Maloy and Dr. Phil Shaffer break down [...]
Is PPP a ‘fringe’ group? Responding to the AANP’s accusations in Medical Economics
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 12/20/2021 On September 29, 2021, the journal Medical Economics published an interview with Dr. [...]
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD In part 2 of this discussion with plaintiff's attorney Travis Dunn, we analyze the tragic [...]
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD In the book Patients at Risk, we discuss the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a [...]
What’s driving physicians into early retirement?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|11/8/2021 There are so many challenges in healthcare today, and it’s becoming ever more difficult to [...]
Primary care: So easy anyone can do it?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/17/2021 Today, we discuss a topic that is near and dear to my heart as a [...]
Midlevel Malpractice with Attorney Robert Painter
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/10/2021 In our book, we outline the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a 19-year-old woman who [...]
Truth and Transparency: Reviewing New Jersey’s Health Care Transparency Act
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/3/2021 One of the biggest challenges in healthcare today is a lack of transparency when it [...]
Board recertification: A double standard for physicians?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/26/2021 There is an increasing double standard in the practice of medicine and the practice of [...]
Betty’s Story Part 2: A father’s plea for NP accountability after the death of his daughter
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/19/2021 Seven-year-old Betty died just 15 hours after she was evaluated by a pediatric nurse practitioner [...]
Betty’s Story Part 1: 7-yr old dies just hours after evaluation by pediatric NP
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/12/2021 Many of our critics accuse us of exaggerating the risks that patients face when physicians [...]