Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Nursing Groups Seek More Training Funds
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is pushing Congress to increase funding for the training of nurses as the health care workforce evolves into a more team-based approach that will allow some nurses to perform tasks that have been done by physicians. (Adams, 1/21)
The number of U.S. nurse practitioners nearly doubled over the last 10 years, rising from roughly 106,000 in 2004 to 205,000 as of Dec. 31, the profession's trade group said Wednesday. More than 15,000 people graduated from nurse practitioner programs between 2012 and 2013, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) also reported. (Viebeck, 1/21)
A coalition of 35 medical societies is urging federal regulators to make major changes to the Meaningful Use electronic health records (EHR) program. Led by the American Medical Association, the coalition wrote Wednesday to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology arguing that Meaningful Use could harm patients if allowed to continue in its current state. (Viebeck, 1/21)
