Prevalence of Misrepresentation of Nonphysician Clinicians at Dermatology Clinics
| Autor: | Kelly Lo, Sara J. Li, Ai-Tram N. Bui, Sheena Desai, Arash Mostaghimi, Eric Xia, Karen Lee, Andrew Creadore, Camila Villa-Ruiz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
physician assistant business.industry Nurse practitioners General Engineering Receptionists dermatology board certification Dermatology mid-level providers advanced practice professionals Terminology Front office Misrepresentation nurse practitioner Phone nonphysician clinicians Medicine business.job_title business Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Introduction To evaluate the use of inaccurate terminology used by dermatology practices to describe the training and qualifications of their nonphysician clinicians (NPCs) when new patients are booking appointments. Methods Clinics were randomly selected and called to determine the first available appointment for a new patient with a new and changing mole. If the receptionist confirmed the first-offered appointment was with an NPC, the encounter was included in this study. If receptionists used inaccurate terminology to describe the NPCs and their qualifications, this instance was recorded along with the specific language that they used. Results A total of 344 unique dermatology clinics were contacted on February 27, 2020, in 25 states. Phone calls at 128 clinics (37.2%) met our inclusion criterion. Inaccurate language was used to describe NPCs at 23 (18%) unique clinic locations across 12 states, with "dermatologist," "doctor," "physician," and "board-certified" being used to describe NPCs as the most common inaccurate terms. Conclusion These findings demonstrate that front office staff at dermatology clinics use inaccurate and potentially misleading terminology to refer to NPCs working in their clinics. While we cannot establish whether this is intentional or due to a lack of training, additional focus should be placed on accurately representing provider qualifications to patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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