Students hoping to become physician assistants, including House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s son, are part of a push to expand the use of physician assistants in Rhode Island by giving them the legal freedom to care for patients outside the direct supervision of doctors.
Community Care Physicians P.C. started its talent acquisition team after consolidating with CapitalCare to form the third-largest physician group in the area.
A measles outbreak in the Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has prompted New York City to declare a public health emergency, requiring residents to be vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine or face a $1,000 fine.
Across the U.S., many doctors, nurses and other health care workers have remained silent about what is being called an epidemic of violence against them. The violent outbursts come from patients and patients' families. And for years, it's been considered part of the job.
Measles cases in the U.S. are continuing to jump, and most of the reported illnesses are in children. Health officials say 465 measles cases have been reported this year, as of last week. That's up from 387 the week before.
Health care workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of clothes or equipment with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a small study shows.