Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit\u2122\xa0CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-368\nOverview: In this insightful episode, we explore compelling data comparing inappropriate prescribing practices among physicians and nonphysician prescribers. This discussion covers the nuances and restrictive scope of prescribing authority and aims to take an evidence-based approach to encouraging collaboration between clinicians and expanding patients\u2019 access to care.\nEpisode resource links:\nHuynh, J., Alim, S. A., Chan, D. C., & Studdert, D. M. (2023). Inappropriate Prescribing to Older Patients by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians.\xa0Annals of internal medicine,\xa0176(11), 1448\u20131455. https://doi.org/10.7326/M23-0827\nAmerican Association of Nurse Practitioners https://www.aanp.org/\nAmerican Academy of Physician Associates https://www.aapa.org/\nJiao, S., Murimi, I. B., Stafford, R. S., Mojtabai, R., & Alexander, G. C. (2018). Quality of Prescribing by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants in the United States.\xa0Pharmacotherapy,\xa038(4), 417\u2013427. https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.2095\n2023 Beers Criteria American Geriatrics Society: Free to read https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jgs.18372\nGuest: Jill M. Terrien PhD, ANP-BC\xa0\xa0Music Credit: Richard Onorato