Including APPs in a practice redesign benefits physicians, patients, and APPs themselves, nurse leader says.
Monday, April 10, 2023
 

"We need to be creative about how we deploy people, and how we put them together in teams." — Allison Dimsdale, DNP, NP-C, AACC, FAANP, associate vice president for advanced practice, Private Diagnostic Clinic, Duke University Health System

If the question is how to take care of more—and sicker—patients with fewer physicians, one answer lies in redesigning a practice with advanced practice providers (APPs) and allowing each clinical team member to practice at the top of their scope, says Allison Dimsdale, DNP, NP-C, AACC, FAANP, associate vice president for advanced practice for the  Private Diagnostics Clinic at Duke University Health System.

For this week's lead story, I spoke with Dimsdale about how she and her colleagues collaborated and innovated to benefit both clinicians and patients at Duke.
 

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Carol Davis
Nursing Editor