Showing posts with label Joanne Spetz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joanne Spetz. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

States Benefit from Increased Autonomy for Nurses

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States that allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice independently saw an improvement in health outcomes for patients a...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Supreme Court Ruling in Federal Trade Commission Case Will Have Broad Implications for Scope of Practice Regulations

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By Joanne Spetz, PhD La st week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Tr...
Friday, August 22, 2014

More Nursing Schools Focus on Interdisciplinary Care

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A number of the nation’s top nursing schools now require students to participate in at least one interprofessional education course or activ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Government Report Shows Increase of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care

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After declining for two decades, the rate of recently licensed nurse practitioners (NPs) joining the primary care workforce is moving upwar...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Expanding Scope of Practice for NPs could save California nearly $2 Billion

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Over the next 10 years, California could improve patients access to health care and save $1.8 billion in medical costs if nurse practitione...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

INQRI in the News

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The Healthcare Economist blog provides an analysis of the INQRI-funded study " Scope-Of-Practice Laws For Nurse Practitioners Limit Cos...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Are Retail Clinics the Future of Health Care?

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In " How Our Faith in Supermarkets, Nurses and Pharmacists Can Drive Health ," health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn reports that tw...
Friday, December 6, 2013

INQRI In the News

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New guidelines from the Joint Commission highlight the key role of nurses in preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLA...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

INQRI in the News

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HealthLeaders Media highlighted the INQRI program, and the importance of nurses to quality of care, in its recent article “ Interdisciplina...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Bread, Milk, Pneumonia Shot: How Retail Clinics are Changing the Landscape of Healthcare

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By Olga Yakusheva, Marquette University When your child gets a sudden fever, it’s bad enough. When your child gets a sudden fever on a Fri...
Monday, November 18, 2013

INQRI In the News

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A new INQRI-funded study , which shows that retail clinics can reduce costs when Nurse Practioners (NPs) practice independently, is making h...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

INQRI Study Shows Retail Clinics are Convenient, Cost-Effective, Provide Quality Care

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A new INQRI-funded study shows that retail clinics can reduce costs when Nurse Practioners (NPs) are allowed to practice independently, pot...