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Sen. Clinton Urges Wider Role for Nonphysicians


 

"When you look at some of the disparities and disorganization, it's because we don't have a good system to disseminate evidence-based clinically proven treatments," she continued. "It takes 17 years for something that is proven in the lab to be broadly disseminated. It should take 17 hours—17 seconds. With the Internet, why are we so far behind?"

If we can't quickly increase the number of primary care physicians, we need more advanced practice nurses. SEN. CLINTON

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