2024, Clinic and PCP - Primary Care Digest

Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Objective: Our objective was to improve the TCM clinic no-show rate and thereby improve patient outcomes.

Appointment

Appointment Hospital Management Family Medicine

Primary care follow-up after Emergency Department discharge for patients with chest pain in Ontario: a scoping review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to clinical guidelines, patients discharged with chest pain should follow-up with a medical doctor (MD) within 72 hours. In Ontario, MD follow-up after ED discharge for chest pain is mostly provided by primary care physicians (PCPs) and sometimes cardiologists. Outcome Measures: Factors associated with PCP follow-up.

Primary Care

Primary Care PCP PCP Patients

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Is there any feedback in any of these to the PCP? Get them back in the PCP office. When’s the last time you saw your PCP? Do you even have a PCP?” For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Katie: I was going to jump in.

Community

Community Transportation IT PCP

Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Primary care follow-up after Emergency Department discharge for patients with chest pain in Ontario: a scoping review [Cardiovascular disease]

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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