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Advanced Practice Provider Week is set aside to celebrate, highlight and honor the countless positive contributions our health care heroes make.
The UPMC Advanced Practice Provider Advisory Council committee in coordination with UPMCAltoona would like to recognize the outstanding care and APPsolute excellence that our APPs provide to all of our patients as well as to recognize the critical role they play as part of the annual APP week celebration held this year during Oct. 25-30.
The term encompasses a variety of health care professionals, including Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Certified Nurse Midwives.
They are graduates of master, post master or doctoral programs with advanced clinical preparation.
We recognize and celebrate these providers who are certified and licensed to assess patients, order and interpret diagnostic tests, diagnose, treat and manage illnesses, prescribe medications, perform a multitude of clinical procedures depending on their specialty and conduct clinical research in management of the whole individual.
This important group of providers elevate the fields of medicine and nursing to ensure our patients and communities receive safe, high quality, evidence based care.
APPs have demonstrated the ability to provide high quality, compassionate and cost effective care in a variety of settings including primary, acute and specialty healthcare services, with the level of patient satisfaction and health outcomes equivalent to their physician counterparts while emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling and guiding patients to make smarter health and lifestyle choices.
Choosing the right health care provider is an important first step in managing your health, but for many, finding a primary care provider or specialist to meet their needs can be a challenge.
Today, America's APPs provide solutions to improving your health.
In fact, APPs are the health care provider trusted by millions of Americans, and 80% of adults have been treated or know someone who has been treated by an APP.
APP week recognizes the positive impact APPs make in the lives of patients and the vital role they play in the health of our nation and communities. APPs put the care in health care.
APPs practice in clinics, hospitals, intensive care units, emergency rooms, operating rooms, urgent care centers, nursing homes and private and family practice offices.
This APP week let's work together to celebrate progress and build awareness of the clinical expertise APPs bring to all practice settings as providers, educators, researchers and leaders.
This week, please recognize and be sure to thank an APP for delivering the care that patients trust and for making a meaningful difference in your lives. Consider choosing an APP for your health care needs.
Lori Demko is the lead intensivist acute Care nurse practitioner at UPMC Altoona and president of the Pennsylvania Chapter Society of Critical Care Medicine.