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Globally, advanced practice nurses (APNs) provide high-quality chronic disease care to patients, yet the cost-effectiveness of their services is minimally explored. This review aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of chronic [...]

* Team-based care models have increasingly been implemented to increase access to primary care, reduce cost, and improve quality by delivering care through interprofessional teams. * There is a gap in the literature, however, about the increased staffing of registered nurses (RN) within primary care. * This study sought to elicit primary care provider (PCP) perspectives about the use of RNs in primary care, including how RNs can optimally be integrated into primary care teams and the perceived impact of increased RN staffing in primary care. * Findings suggest PCPs perceive RNs to be an integral component of interprofessional primary care teams whose expertise is needed to meet the care management demands in primary care. * An increase in RN staffing is perceived by PCPs to help transform primary care through high-quality nursing practice that increases patient safety, reduces omission of important care management tasks, and ensures patient-centered primary care., AS MORE PATIENTS ARE LIVING with chronic disease, which is expected to reach 157 million Americans by 2020, it is crucial to ensure there is an adequate workforce to deliver [...]

* The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce is expected to grow by 93% between 2013 and 2025 and constitutes the fastest growing primary care workforce. * However, many barriers at federal, state, and organizational levels affect the ability of this workforce to care for the American public in a safe and cost-effective manner. * Not only do federal and state regulatory policies restrict NP practice, but also the organizations employing NPs create barriers and prevent success of health reforms aimed at increasing access, reducing costs, and improving quality in primary care. * Times have never been so critical for the NP workforce to take a central role in the delivery of primary care and help millions of Americans to access high-quality cost-effective primary care., POLICYMAKERS, RESEARCHERS, and healthcare providers have reached a consensus that advanced practice registered nurses such as nurse practitioners (NPs) can significantly contribute to the alleviation of the major quality, access, [...]

PRIMARY CARE DELIVERY IS going through a major redesign to increase its capacity to deliver high-quality cost-effective care. However, the provision of such care is becoming challenging because of the [...]

IN 2017, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) launched the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience (NAM, 2017), which is a network of organizations committed to reducing clinician burnout [...]