Patient Alert: Did you know that your legal protections may be reduced if you receive healthcare from a nurse practitioner or physician assistant who is not working under #physician supervision? Learn more in our latest blog. physiciansforpatientprotection.org/what-will-happ…

Shame on the board of HCA to put profits over patients despite shareholders wishes.

Great article by an attorney emphasizing the absurdity of the unsupervised practice of NPs/PAs who are not held to the medical standard of care and why unsupervised/"independent" NPs/PAs should be held equally accountable as physicians legally. sullivanlegal.us/nurse-practiti…

From a medical perspective this is absolute insanity You may as well make it illegal to remove a ruptured appendix

As two woman over 50 on TV, @iamSamBee and Jennifer Gunter have the right, no, duty, to discuss that special time in women’s lives that marks the end of their childbearing years and the beginning of their invisibility: Menopause.

For those who think DNP are equivalent to an MD/DO: One can get an online DNP and then demand people call them "Doctor" deceiving patients.

Absurd. #MedTwitter #StopScopeCreep

Physician-owned hospitals provide access to high-quality and affordable care. And it’s a great solution to hospital consolidation’s increasing prices. PHA AMA Sen. James Lankford Read more from David N. Bernstein, MD, PhD, MBA, MEI 👇

A standardization and understanding of terms for physicians and nonphysicians will be beneficial to the public and health care professionals. AMA delegates adopt new policy to help #StopScopeCreep at #AMAmtg. spr.ly/6013zAS2S

BREAKING: In a major victory for patient safety, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has VETOED dangerous #optometric #surgery legislation #AB2236. ow.ly/wrpZ50KWvg1

🧵DA Announces Settlement with Arroyo Grande Nurse for Unlawfully Advertising Herself as “Doctor” “Local nurse practitioner…agrees to an injunction and $19,750 in civil penalties for violating the Business & Professions Code by inferring she was a medical doctor to the public.”

2)To the public: -You have the right to request a physician. -You have the right to REFUSE consent to being treated by anyone other than a physician. -No HCW can touch or treat you w/o your consent. You have a voice. Use it. PPP - Putting Patients First Take Medicine Back Midlevel.WTF

Avoid at all costs using easyJet They charge $65 to cancel even within 24 hours. They also try to make it difficult to cancel online. #buyerbeware

“Researchers found that treatment by a nurse practitioner resulted on average in a 7% increase in cost of care and an 11% increase in length of stay, extending patients' time in the ER by minutes for minor visits and hours for longer ones.” npr.org/sections/healt…

Hospitals + clinics forcing patients on to nonphysician providers to cut corners + build profits are immoral Glad NPR is picking this up Imagine flight attendants flying planes because they have 10 years experience as a flight attendant npr.org/sections/healt…

Data shows non physician providers cost the health care system more (more tests, poorer referrals, etc.), do not increase access (work in same populated areas and avoid the same areas others do), and lead to worse outcomes (unless you look at DNP lead sham studies)

Met the amazing Orthopedic surgeon turned shoe designer, Dr. Taryn Rose Taryn Rose today. She is intelligent, kind, & I can’t wait to get my first pair of Enrico Cuini Footwear footwear. 👠👡👢 #WomenInMedicine

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The data is in: What one study reveals about non-physicians delivering emergency care without physicians involved.