It’s time for a Flexner Report on midlevel training before more patients are harmed, deceived, and given less say in if they can be treated by a medical doctor
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Grieving Mother: "You need experience! They call them doctors for a reason. You have to do residency for so long to be a doctor. Let us know you’re not a doctor!"
AANP President: "Doctor doesn’t mean physician! The physician world doesn’t own the term doctor!"
#StopScopeCreep
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Restrict 'Anesthesiologist' Title to Physicians
“Removing physicians from the care team results in lower-quality care & higher costs.
Research tells us that 95% of patients want a physician to be involved in their diagnosis & treatment.”
#transparency medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…
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Family Nurse Practitioners who graduate from online nursing programs should never be prescribing multiple psychiatric medications to adolescents and being like 🤷🏽♂️
Holy shit I’m pissed
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“Collaboration between physicians and APRNS enhances patient outcomes and minimizes gaps in oversight.”
#PhysicianLedCare is what the vast majority of patients want, surveys show. It’s what Mississippians deserve.
Preserving Collaborative Care in Mississippi - Today in Starkville Daily News, by Dr. Craig Moffett. pressreader.com/usa/starkvil…
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Those of us in the hospital who come into contact with blood, piss, shit and pus are essential
The people emailing you from home to complete your training modules, aren't
Massive cuts are needed to save medicine
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Independent physicians aren’t “providers.”
They’re doctors or physicians.
The only ones who call them “providers” are insurers and bureaucrats who want them interchangeable with a chatbot or a massage therapist.
Stop using their language.
#healthcare
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Why is a nurse with a PhD in nursing studies introducing herself to me as doctor in an outpatient appointment???
How tf is this not confusing for patients 😐
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It seems there are 2 reasons why people become an associate
You couldn’t get into medschool or you didn’t want to make the sacrifices required
Either way end the confusion & change the name back to assistant
Perfect if you’re happy to assist doctors & if you’re not that’s a 🚩
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We’re proud of our impact in Georgia. Our advocacy led to the passage of The Healthcare Practitioners Truth and Transparency Act.
Why this matters: Studies show nearly 50% of patients are confused by healthcare titles.
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“You have no idea, as a patient, the kind of training that person received”
#MedTwitter
#StopScopeCreep
#NPsLead?
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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2nd in series “documenting how the increasing reliance on ill-trained nurse practitioners is imperiling US patients.”
“…NP instruction isn’t standardized, & the clinical hours…already a fraction of those completed by physicians—are largely unregulated.” bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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All patient should ask who is actually reading their imaging study and demand an official report. It matters that a radiologist who spent 5-6 yrs post medical reads it vs others with far less training.
If you’re a Medicare beneficiary, depending on your location, there’s as much as a 20% chance an NP or PA (not a physician/radiologist!) will interpret your imaging study. New work out today by our @UMMCRads and @NeimanHPI team. 🧵Below. 1/11
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It is interesting that some older doctors think young docs should sacrifice everything to be a doctor when we work in a time where doctors are a number on a spreadsheet
Remember this:
If you died today, your hospital would replace you tomorrow. Your family and friends cannot.
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Give young doctors opportunities to start their own independent practices and this problem goes away
Most older docs worked in private practice where physician autonomy was king
Younger docs are now mainly employed and shackled by corporate medicine & admin
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Shortly after resident physicians and fellows voted to unionize with CIR in June 2023, multiple departments at the Brigham and Mass General Hospital (MGH) stripped them of basic benefits such as meal stipends, parking, funding for exams, and licensure coverage.
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Physicians and nonphysicians: What are the differences? MD, DO. OD, PA, NP, PhD, PsyD, CRNA... Confused yet? Here's an explainer. spr.ly/6015UjkzH
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Are nurse practitioners easing shortages in underserved areas? Years of research show the same story in state after state, regardless of their scope of practice laws. Dive deeper into the findings. spr.ly/6014UjksI
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In 2019, I wrote an article on "professional appropriation", a term coined by Dr. Douglas Farrago( @Doug_Farrago), the creator/owner of the Authentic Medicine blog(authenticmedicine.com/). I write for Doug and he asked me to define the term for more clarity. I happily obliged.
