Nurse Practitioner

Media Contact: Bryan Black AUSTIN, TX — As the nurse practitioner (NP) profession looks toward the future, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) has identified five key health care trends to watch. NPs are highly trusted health care providers, and as such, are projected to be the number one fastest-growing profession over the next decade, according to the […]

Paige Twenter – Friday, February 3rd, 2023 The American Medical Association is tracking about 60 bills that seek to broaden pharmacists’ scope of practice, and its senior attorney said the legislation is “very concerning for us.” “Pharmacists play an important role as medication experts on the healthcare team, but they’re not trained like a physician,” Kimberly Horvath, JD, senior

Noah Schwartz – Monday, January 30th, 2023 An analysis of telehealth visits from the research arm of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente found that 11.8 percent of video visits and 12.5 percent of phone visits were followed by an in-person office visit. The researchers found that just 1.2 percent of video and 1.5 percent of phone visits required a trip

Erica Carbajal – Thursday, January 26th, 2023 The FDA’s advisory committee on antimicrobial drugs on Jan. 25 recommended rezafungin be approved to treat candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults with limited or no alternative treatment option. If approved, it would mark the first new drug approval to treat the infections in more than a decade, according to Cidara Therapeutics,