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JAAPA 2022 Jun;35(6):52-55

Peter Heistermann is president of the German University Association Physician Assistant (DHPA eV) based in Cologne, Germany, and a professor at Fliedner University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf. Tamika Lang is a student in the doctor of medical science program at Still University in Mesa, Ariz., and owner of Patient-Centered Medical and Educational Consultants in Greenville, S.C. Claudia Heilmann is vice president of the DHPA eV and a professor at Plauen University of Cooperative Education in Plauen, Germany. Tanja Meyer-Treschan is a professor at the European University of Applied Sciences in Cologne. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Abstract: The first German physician assistant (PA) program began in 2005 at Steinbeis University in Berlin. Since 2005, there has been a rapid expansion of PA education, and 22 German universities have opened or are planning to develop PA programs. In fall 2021, about 1,100 PAs worked in Germany, mostly in the inpatient setting, with a scope of practice focused on delegation and the performance of medical and administrative activities. Read More

Mol Biol Evol 2022 May 25. Epub 2022 May 25.

Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie "Lazzaro Spallanzani", Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) poses a number of fascinating scientific questions, including the taxonomic status of postulated subspecies. Here we obtained and assessed the sequence variation of 411 complete mitogenomes, mainly from the European H. r. Read More

Health Econ Rev 2022 May 26;12(1):29. Epub 2022 May 26.

Centre for Health Policy, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 4 Slavyanskaya Ploshchad, Building 2, Moscow, Russia, 109074.

ВACKGROUND: In the last two decades, health care systems (HCS) in the European countries have faced global challenges and have undergone structural changes with the focus on early disease prevention, strengthening primary care, changing the role of hospitals, etc. Russia has inherited the Semashko model from the USSR with dominance of inpatient care, and has been looking for the ways to improve the structure of service delivery. This paper compares the complex of structural changes in the Russian and the European HCS. Read More

EClinicalMedicine 2022 Jun 20;48:101453. Epub 2022 May 20.

Respiratory intermediate Care Unit, "Enfermera Isabel Zendal" Emergency Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Background: The main objective of the present study was to analyze both clinical characteristics and evolution during hospitalization of a cohort of patients admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia who were not vaccinated, or with a complete or incomplete vaccination schedule.

Methods: This COVID-19 specialized single-center cohort study of 1888 COVID-19 patients hospitalized at the "Enfermera Isabel Zendal" Emergencies Hospital (HEEIZ), Madrid (Spain) was performed between July 1 and September 30, 2021. It compared the results of 1327 hospitalized unvaccinated patients to 209 hospitalized fully vaccinated and 352 hospitalized partially vaccinated patients. Read More

JMIR Diabetes 2022 May 24;7(2):e31832. Epub 2022 May 24.

Bayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.

Background: The use of digital technology to assess patients remotely can reduce clinical study costs. In the European Union, the 2D matrix code on prescription drug packaging serves as a unique identifier of a given package of medication, and thus, also of the patient receiving that medication. Scanning of the 2D matrix code may therefore allow remote patient authentication in clinical studies. Read More