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Articles by Debra Barksdale
Reimagining the Value of Nurses: Expanding Access Through Mobile Health and Other Innovative Nurse-Led Models of Care
Introduction Health care delivery in North Carolina is at a pivotal moment and is undergoing rapid transformation. Shifts toward population health, prevention, and community-based care require new models of delivery that extend beyond traditional hospital settings.1 Persistent workforce shortages, increasing patient complexity, and widening disparities in access have exposed the limitations of traditional, facility-based models of care.
Response: Encouraging Collaboration Between Physicians and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in North Carolina
By Debra Barksdale, Kristen M. Swanson Barksdale, Debra, and Kristen M. Swanson. 2012. "Response: Encouraging Collaboration Between Physicians and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in North Carolina." North Carolina Medical Journal 73 (2): 145-46. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.73.2.145.
Debra Barksdale, Christine Kennedy and Shelly Smith column: To meet Virginians’ health care needs, train more nurse practitioners
By Debra Barksdale, Christine Kennedy and Shelly Smith The Virginia General Assembly approved expansion of Medicaid last year, providing access to health care for 400,000 Virginians. The question is: Who will provide care to all of these citizens? The American Association of Medical Colleges estimates the nation will face a shortage of primary care physicians until 2032. One viable option for providing high-quality primary care is nurse practitioners.
Primary Care Workforce: The Need To Remove Barriers For Nurse Practitioners And Physicians
For the past four years, we have tracked primary care workforce numbers comparing the annual primary care residency match data with the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) graduation rates. While NP data continue to surge, the physician numbers, both allopathic and osteopathic, continue to be relatively disappointing, with only a minor increase.
Revisiting Primary Care Workforce Data: A Future Without Barriers For Nurse Practitioners And Physicians
With the full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), there have been major concerns about the looming primary care provider shortage. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis predicts shortages as high as 20,400 physicians by 2020, and increases in medical school graduates entering primary care residencies have been anemic.
The Latest Data On Primary Care Nurse Practitioners And Physicians: Can We Afford To Waste Our Workforce?
If primary care is the foundation of the evolving health care system in this country, and if access to primary care for all is the goal, then nurse practitioners will be increasingly crucial to achieving these aims. Let’s face it, in our current system, there just aren’t enough primary care providers to meet the nation’s need while containing costs and focusing on quality outcomes.
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