Advanced Practitioners
Advanced Practitioners are integral part of our Baystate team. Our 450+ Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are at the heart of providing truly outstanding patient-centered care.
Advanced Practitioners are integral part of our Baystate team. Our 450+ Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are at the heart of providing truly outstanding patient-centered care.
The Board of Trustees has approved changes in the bylaws at Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Wing Hospital, and Baystate Noble Hospital: physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives are now full members of the medical staff with voting privileges.
“This is a very exciting time for our Advanced Practitioners,” says Paula Brooks, DNP, FNP-BC, MBA, RNFA, director of Advanced Practitioners, “and this is huge for Baystate Health. It is so important that our APs participate in the system in which medical care policies are made and communicated.”
Having staff privileges at Baystate Health enables APs to contribute in developing and implementing hospital and medical staff policies that improve quality and appropriateness of patient care related to practice. This will also encourage a culture that promotes interprofessional and collaborative practice, improving and strengthening provider relationships.
Incorporating APs into the organized medical staff with representation on medical staff committees for key decision-making:
“This change strengthens provider relationships and positions APs as partners with physicians and nursing. This will help standardize care delivery, improve patient and family experience, and patient outcomes,” says Brooks. “Ultimately, this will eliminate barriers to practice, improve continuity of care and collaborative practice between the AP and the Physician Providers, increase productivity of the team, improve healthcare metrics related to quality and safety (LOS, CAUTI, CLABSI, etc.), increase access to care, help to decrease physician workload, and bring special skills and perspectives to team building.
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