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Body-focused repetitive behaviors: Beyond bad habits
This article reviews BFRBs, which can present clinically in multiple settings. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - January 27, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: CME: Behavioral Health Source Type: research

Skin cancer in immunosuppressed patients
The number of people living with chronic immunosuppression is increasing in the United States. Patients with HIV, those who have had bone marrow or solid organ transplants, and patients taking biologics for autoimmune diseases are at increased risk for skin cancer. Skin cancer in these patients is more aggressive and more likely to metastasize and cause death. Medications and individual risk factors such as sex, age, and ethnicity are independent risk factors for the development of skin cancer. Routine screening and aggressive treatment of actinic keratoses and nonmelanoma skin cancers can reduce patients' skin cancer burd...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - January 27, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: CME: Primary Care Source Type: research

Treating hypertension in Black patients
This article reviews some of the physiologic theories for the difference in recommendations and discusses potential complications with race-based treatment algorithms. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - January 27, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Pharmacology Consult Source Type: research

The healthcare hunger games: Online health information and access to healthcare
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - January 27, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Implementing standardized substance use disorder screening in primary care: Erratum.
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Flying too close to the sun: Navigating changes to CMS' Open Payments program: Erratum.
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Erratum
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

The elephant in the room
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Mindful Practice Source Type: research

Let's do another run
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: The Art of Medicine Source Type: research

Intermittent palpitations in a healthy woman
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: A Difficult Diagnosis Source Type: research

Race and health: An invitation to the front line
No abstract available (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: The Science of Healthcare Delivery Source Type: research

Lower extremity sprains
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Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Quick Recertification Series Source Type: research

PAs and NPs provide essential care for children with COVID-19
The rapid spread of COVID-19 brought forth a rapid increase in hospitalization rates, requiring changes in hospital use and medical personnel structure. Physician assistants (PAs) and NPs in pediatric critical care were cross-trained and redeployed to our pediatric biocontainment unit to address the clinician strain in providing high-quality patient care during these unprecedented times. This manuscript discusses the effectiveness of using these clinicians while recognizing the challenges of managing a novel virus in a new unit. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Special Article Source Type: research

PA licensure questions, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and seeking medical care
Conclusions: Considerable stigma exists among PAs regarding seeking help for mental health issues. Problematic licensure questions increase this reluctance. Advocacy is needed to reduce stigma of mental health and substance use, and to modernize licensure applications. (Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants)
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Brief Research Report Source Type: research

A novel inpatient PA staffing model for a community hospital
Objective: We sought to create a novel physician assistant (PA) and physician hospital medicine co-management strategy, employing a 3:1 PA:physician structure, under which the physician oversees all PA patients, but without a separate independent panel. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort pre-post design, comparing metrics for a traditional physician-only hospitalist model with a PA-physician team model. Outcomes included length of stay (LOS), readmissions, discharge destination, patient satisfaction, and in-hospital mortality. Results: LOS for patients under the PA-physician model (74 hours) was lowe...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - December 27, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Original Research Source Type: research