Cellulitis can be a costly infection for hospitals as studies place the cost around $4.5 billion of health care spending. Inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of cellulitis leads to unnecessary antibiotic use and that translates into somewhere between $195 and $515 million in avoidable health care costs each year. A recent study examined whether including a …
The benefits of colchicine have been reported for many years for joint pain, gout and other inflammatory ailments. The flower from which it is derived, Colchicum autumnale, was mentioned as a remedy as far back as 1500 BCE in an ancient Egyptian manuscript, though the FDA did not approve the derived colchicine for medications until …
Exciting Times Are Here… Join the SDPA as We Celebrate the PA Profession Turning Fifty Years Old Think back to fifty years ago… There was a significant physician shortage in the United States. Access to healthcare was very limited. Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD thought of an innovative solution to remedy the problem… create …
Dermcast interviewed Joe Monroe, PA-C, at the 2014 Spring Conference in Indianapolis. Mr. Monroe is one of the founding members of the SDPA and he shared some of the history of that extraordinary organization.
On August 11, 2014, the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology (JAMA) published an original investigation into the billing practices of mid-level providers such as PAs and NPs. Unfortunately, the article, called “Scope of Physician Procedures Independently Billed by Mid-Level Providers in the Office Setting” was filled with inaccurate information about PA education levels …
Recently the New York Times published an in-depth article about PAs called “The Physician Assistant Will See You.” The article covered the type of education that a PA receives, discussed the collaborative nature of the PA/Physician relationship, and mentioned many positive aspects of PAs working in healthcare. However, the article did have some misconceptions and …