Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40729107›Full record

ArticleJAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants2025

Optimizing NP and PA roles to improve care access in an academic medical center: An organizational case study.

Chris Ferron, Wendy Franklin, Hope Sellars, James Shamiyeh, Sandy Leake, Lacey Buckler, Jaime Lough, Amy Noecker, Zachary Hartsell

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chris FerronAt the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN, Chris Ferron is director of advanced practice, Wendy Franklin is an advanced practice nurse, Hope Sellars is an NP, James Shamiyeh is executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Sandy Leake is senior vice president and chief nursing officer. At SullivanCotter, Inc., in Chicago, IL, Lacey Buckler is consulting principal, Jaime Lough is managing consultant, Amy Noecker is managing principal, and Zachary Hartsell is managing principal. Zachary Hartsell is a member of the JAAPA editorial board and a JAAPA clinical editor. The authors have disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, although SullivanCotter was engaged in a consulting relationship with the University of Tennessee Medical Center for the duration of this project.
Wendy Franklin
Hope Sellars
James Shamiyeh
Sandy Leake
Lacey Buckler
Jaime Lough
Amy Noecker
Zachary Hartsell

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractThe healthcare industry is in the midst of unprecedented change as hospitals and health systems nationwide balance the need to increase patient access to services with managing costs. Nurse practitioners and physician associates are well-positioned, and often overlooked, members of the healthcare team who can serve as resources for organizations to improve care access. Using an intentional and data-driven process, one academic medical center both improved patient access and increased revenue through a holistic care model redesign in three specialty areas, as described in this organizational case report.

Indexed as

Academic Medical CentersHealth Services AccessibilityNurse PractitionersPhysician AssistantsHumansOrganizational Case StudiesPatient Care Teamadvanced practice providerscare accesscare modelshealthcare costshealthcare service deliveryhealth systems science

Identifiers

PMID40729107
PMCPMC12269636

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.