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As healthcare reform unfolds, midlevel health professionals such as nurses and physician assistants are advocating for more autonomy so they can play a bigger role in the delivery of primary care.
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Emergency medical technicians, first responders and paramedics—the backbone of emergency medical services—have worked for decades under a reimbursement system that effectively keeps their pay low and gives them an incentive to not always provide efficient, quality care.
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The nation's healthcare system is said to be facing a physician shortage just as 30 million uninsured individuals are about to enter the patient pool and threaten to overload an already stressed system. The answer, say some, is better and wider use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
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