Re:Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrativ...
by jac241 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:07PM
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Does the AMA want that or is that the purview of state medical boards? AMA doesn't set practice laws. The people who lobby against new grad MDs having the same practice rights as NPs/PAs are NPs and PAs (more NPs). NPs lobby against assistant-physician laws because why would you want someone who has had 500 hours of clinical shadowing while completing their part-time online, direct-entry, 100% acceptance, diploma-mill school (NP) vs. a new-grad physician who's had 2 years of physiology, anatomy, and pharmacology and 2 years with 5000 clinical hours where there's actually an expectation that you contribute treatment plans and care to the team. The fact that the AMA has been asleep at the wheel and unable to stop NPs from getting independent practice in 20+ states show that they don't have any real influence on who practices where.
Re:Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrativ...
by someguydave on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:04PM
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The AMA also argues against prescription rights for other health professionals like pharmacists (who often have much more in-depth education on drugs)
Re:Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrativ...
by jac241 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:29PM
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What do you have to do before you prescribe a drug? Make a diagnosis, which is what is taught in medical school and not in pharmacy school. Pharmacists are frequently embedded in care teams in hospitals and primary care clinics where they make medication recommendations and know how to get drugs approved by insurance companies (sad that this has to happen...).
Re:Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrativ...
by Smithalicious on Friday May 07, 2021 @05:48AM
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It's totally possible to have one party diagnose and another prescribe.
Re:Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrativ...
by someguydave on Monday May 10, 2021 @08:47AM
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you are correct, doctors should stay in their lane and diagnose and leave treatments to others
Common sense says that junior doctors should have the same practice rights as physician assistants - but the AMA refuses to let that happen. They are a medical cartel.
A few states have allowed junior doctors to start practicing medicine in a limited capacity, because every other doctor so damn expensive. But the AMA does not support those states' decision.