Patients have mixed opinions on physician assistants and nurse practitioners working independently, according to data from Medscape’s 2022 “Evolving Scope of Practice” report.
Plans for a new, 11,641-square-foot medical office building has been approved by city plan commissioners in Lenexa, Kan., according to a Dec. 6 report from Shawnee Mission Post.
The majority of physicians (91 percent) say they have a good, or very good, relationship with the physician assistants at their workplaces, according to a new Medscape survey of over 750 practicing physicians.
Twelve ASCs have been named the best of 2022 by patient safety reporter Leapfrog. The award is based on key factors including infection rates and error prevention.
Jefferson City, Mo.-based Capital Region Medical Center has converted a hospital parking garage into the 24,000-square-foot Goldschmidt Surgery Center, according to a Dec. 6 report from the News Tribune.
The University of California Davis Health has opened a 78,500-square-foot eye care center in Sacramento, Calif., as part of an expansion project to its existing ASC.