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Are you using checklists? Check!From QCC, the Quality Care Committee of the AAPAA checklist is a simple tool that can enhance clinical practice and ensure patient safety in many clinical settings.
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Physician assistants in hospital-based specialty practiceRichard W. Dehn, MPA, PA-CFour articles that review the impact and roles for physician assistants in hospital-based practice settings are reviewed.
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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): How PAs can protect patients and their familiesConstance Goldgar, MS, PA-CA new law protects against the misuse of genetic information that may reduce health care benefits for patients and their families.
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Eliminating health disparities: What works?—July 2010Jim Anderson, PA-C, ATCAHRQ releases Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit; Latino health inequities are focus of free full-text issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Inside the AAPA Policy Manual—July 2010Jim Anderson, PA-C, ATCThis column examines AAPA policy past and present, with the goals of increasing PA awareness of Academy history and policy and promoting their relevance to members. This month's topic: "How sausage is made: The birth of an AAPA policy"
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