In medical terms, a PA or physician assistant, refers to a specific type of a licensed medical provider. This role, established in 1967, continues to grow and is a viable alternative to visiting a physician.
Lisa Love hasn’t seen her doctor of 25 years since she discovered telemedicine. Love tried virtual visits last summer for help with a skin irritation and returned for another minor problem. She doesn’t feel a pressing need to seek care the old-fashioned way, especially since she also gets free health screenings at work.
Westlake Hospital must restore many of its services, for at least a few weeks, after a Cook County Circuit Court judge held the hospital’s owner in contempt of court Tuesday. The hospital’s owner, Pipeline Health, had suspended many of the hospital’s services last week, saying staffing had dropped to unsafe levels.
Every corner of the hospital prominently features hand sinks, hand sanitizer stations and reminders to wash regularly. And while health care providers are trained to clean up constantly, a new study reveals that patients may be overlooking that responsibility.
Lauren Hollifield doesn't want to do medicine anywhere else. “I would love to stay here. My family is here, my fiancee is here, my sister is in the 2nd class. My fiancee is actually in our class and so my whole community is here,” she told me as we sat outside the UNLV Medical School on Shadow Lane, in the heart of the city’s Medical District.
No sooner had a woman in a hospital gown sat down, that she heard a knock on the door. "Hello, are you Joy?" a man in a lab coat asked as he walked into the exam room. "Sounds like you've been having some trouble with headaches?" "I sure have," Joy said emphatically. "It's a pounding, throbbing pain that won't go away."