Panelists discuss how physician assistants play an essential role in addressing the critical shortage of psychiatrists, particularly in rural areas, where 55% of US counties lack a single psychiatric ...

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After rejecting the first tentative agreement, the advanced practice providers have reached a second one, still to be ...

With physician shortages and the high cost of employing physicians, APPs have become a mainstay of care teams. The following is an extended excerpt from a HealthLeaders story published in August.

An ongoing critical shortage of physicians in America’s rural areas requires innovative strategies to meet the healthcare needs of millions of individuals in these communities. Although 20 percent of ...

For nearly two decades, advanced practice providers (APPs) have lived in a strange, in-between space in U.S. health systems. We are clinically indispensable, yet structurally unanchored. We are ...

September marks an opportunity to recognize a vital group of healthcare professionals who play a crucial role in delivering high-quality care – Advanced Practice Providers (APPs). At Newport Hospital ...

As the U.S. faces a growing shortage of physicians, more patients locally are being seen by non-physicians, or advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants, as they ...

Health care workers show their support for advanced practice providers at Legacy Health who went on strike Tuesday morning. (Contributed by Oregon Nurses Association) Advanced practice providers at ...

The ratification vote came after the two sides reached a second tentative agreement in the last days of December 2025. The ...

For health systems and hospitals, one of the most effective strategies for retention of advanced practice providers is to offer professional development opportunities. This week, HealthLeaders held ...

Under the agreement, the strike will end before the ratification vote is complete, and the 135 providers will return to work ...