News for August 27th through September 10th

In the News

Retail clinics fill gap left by primary care doctors - Retail clinics appear to be finding their place in the health care ecosystem. Health Affairs, a health policy journal, recently released a study on the growth of retail health clinics. TO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Sharp increase expected in number of nurse practitioners - The nurse practitioner population will nearly double by 2025, according to an analysis published in the July Medical Care, the official journal of the medical care section of the American Public Health Assn. "Nurse practitioners really are becoming a growing presence, particularly in primary care," said David I. Auerbach, PhD, the author and a health economist at RAND Corp.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE

Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline - A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 12% of first-year students. However,the study reinforces the importance of admitting student with primary-care-oriented values and the primary-care interest and reinforcing those values over the course of medical school," the authors conclude. TO READ MORE CLICK HERE