The findings come from a survey of nearly 86,000 physician assistants and quantitative data from 2023 National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Here are 12 more stats about ...

Physician assistant Toby Brower examines patient James Wainscott at the Franciscan Physician Network Indiana Heart Physicians clinic. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) For nearly 21 years, Toby Brower has ...

Abbie Hecker is a Physician Assistant at the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) service at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (formerly Seattle Cancer Care Alliance). She is also a Teaching Associate with ...

A new report finds that the physician assistant (PA) profession continues to accelerate nationwide, with the number of certified assistants/associates in the United States growing by 28% from 2018 to ...

Patients in marginalized communities are the first to grapple with the shortage of primary care clinicians in New York state. But despite the persistent shortage of primary care providers, there is a ...

BOSTON — Dressed in white lab coats, nearly 200 physician assistant students and providers on Thursday pitched their potential to help solve a health care workforce shortage that could worsen given ...

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Doctors and physician assistants (PAs) both are in short supply in the United States. Meanwhile, expanded treatment abilities for PAs is an idea that is gaining more traction. The need for doctors and ...

Janice Cohen, of Boynton Beach, refused to wait another four weeks to get an appointment with her primary care doctor. When offered a visit with a physician assistant, she reluctantly agreed. The ...

A new bill hopes to remove some of the red tape faced they face on a day-to-day basis, and make care in rural areas more ...

Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter’s Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician assistant trained in treating addiction. She had gone through specialized training that allowed her to ...

Detroit — Contracted physicians and physician assistants at Ascension St. John Emergency Department kicked off a 24-hour strike Thursday afternoon amid demands for better staffing and work conditions.