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a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinicians
In a letter to Congress last month, 40 organizations representing neuroscience researchers, clinicians and patients expressed concern about the lack of a clear plan for appointing a new director of NINDS, which funds Alzheimer’s research.
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Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners¨ says CNPs are clinicians that blend clinical expertise in diagnosing and treating health conditions with an emphasis on disease prevention and health management.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Faustman said automating those tasks could free up clinicians to focus on patient care — and allow small hospitals and clinics to scale faster without hiring more back-office staffing.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Convincing insurers, clinicians, and patients to get on board with an entirely new treatment modality has been harder than anticipated.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
Last year, the company announced a partnership with Google Cloud to launch an AI credentials program designed to teach health-care students and practicing clinicians how to best use the technology in their roles.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
What Research Suggests Overall, CoQ10 isn’t something clinicians routinely suggest for blood sugar management, according to Cecilia Low Wang, MD, an endocrinologist at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 10 Feb. 2026
Improvements in image recognition enable them to detect diagnostic signals that clinicians often overlook.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
When patients independently purchase drugs outside traditional prescribing channels, clinicians may no longer know which medications a patient is taking, at what dose, for how long and for what indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners¨ says CNPs are clinicians that blend clinical expertise in diagnosing and treating health conditions with an emphasis on disease prevention and health management.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Faustman said automating those tasks could free up clinicians to focus on patient care — and allow small hospitals and clinics to scale faster without hiring more back-office staffing.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 14 Feb. 2026
Convincing insurers, clinicians, and patients to get on board with an entirely new treatment modality has been harder than anticipated.
—Mario Aguilar, STAT, 12 Feb. 2026
Last year, the company announced a partnership with Google Cloud to launch an AI credentials program designed to teach health-care students and practicing clinicians how to best use the technology in their roles.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
What Research Suggests Overall, CoQ10 isn’t something clinicians routinely suggest for blood sugar management, according to Cecilia Low Wang, MD, an endocrinologist at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 10 Feb. 2026
Improvements in image recognition enable them to detect diagnostic signals that clinicians often overlook.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
When patients independently purchase drugs outside traditional prescribing channels, clinicians may no longer know which medications a patient is taking, at what dose, for how long and for what indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinicians
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Congress should also expand access to care by empowering nurses and other qualified providers to perform basic healthcare services traditionally limited to physicians, especially in underserved areas.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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But physicians are not the people driving the surge in health care work that amounted to more than 700,000 new jobs last year.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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For its candidates in each of Hungary's 106 individual voting constituencies, Tisza has largely drawn on political neophytes locally active as entrepreneurs, doctors, economists, educators and other professionals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Medics took him to Bellevue Hospital, where doctors performed emergency brain surgery.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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More participation means more people learning Spanish, becoming medics or paralegals and getting their notary licenses, said Beth Strano of Borderlands Resource Initiative.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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While medics from Jackson Community Ambulance tended to him, officials learned that two children were still inside the house.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Clinicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinicians. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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