Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Calling to schedule the next available appointment and taking time off work. In a traditional health care setting, many administrative burdens and barriers stand in the way of patients receiving evidence-based care. Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. Travel to the doctor’s office.

Screening 52

Screening Insurance Primary Care Referral 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Simon, MD, MPH , is Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. He There are a growing number of Child Psychiatric Access Programs, including one in Massachusetts, which provide quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Community Patient-Centered Hospital 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

So delivering those month visits in clinic, often in tandem with their other oncology appointments. We would make referrals to psycho oncology. I would make referrals to Joe as well as part of the team. But that did not limit those clinicians from making referrals, as Vicky was just saying. So it matters.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Because chronic diseases are largely managed in primary care and are therefore the GPs’ daily business: Patients with multimorbidity account for 78% of GP appointments (based on 100,000 UK patients). Over time, more trust develops.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130