American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), U.S. nonprofit professional organization of sports medicine physicians, practitioners, and scientists.
Including non-physician practitioners reflected the team approach to diabetes care found in Polyclinics.
Non-physician practitioners felt that they spent more time with patients than doctors do, so may develop more rapport.
To assess factors associated with visits to GPs, orthopaedists, and non-physician practitioners of complementary medicine (alternative practitioners) by primary care patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
The level and diversity of knowledge may be larger in settings with a range of medical disciplines, in which there is involvement of consultants, other physicians and non-physician practitioners.
2. 'OCO/nurses': (iii) ophthalmic clinical officers (OCOs)/medical assistants and (iv) ophthalmic nurses (both non-physician practitioners with an advanced (minimum 1 year) qualification in ophthalmology, including 'techniciens supérieurs en ophtalmologie' (TSOs) in Francophone countries).
It applies to physicians, non-physician practitioners and independent diagnostic testing facilities as suppliers of imaging procedures who are submitting claims for the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging procedures.
Recommendations Private Sector: Increase support of activities aimed at engaging the private sector in appropriate case management for diarrhoea, through collaboration with ORS and consumer goods (e.g. soap) manufacturers, and through efforts to reach private physician and non-physician practitioners, including unlicensed practitioners who care for diarrhoea patients.
In summary, the MTP 2014 Amendment proposes to allow the following: non-physician practitioners as abortion care providers in the first trimester; abortions at a woman's request up to 12 weeks' gestation; extend the period of legal abortion up to 24 weeks gestation for specific indications; and remove the requirement of two certified doctors for abortions after 12 weeks' gestation (3).
The outpatient visits included face-to-face encounters with selected providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and non-physician mental health providers (psychologists and social workers).
Key stakeholders in the process (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nursing staff, support staff, etc).
