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

Annals of Family Medicine

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. The pre-intervention no-show rate of TCM appointments at Wellstar MCG Health was 44% per month.

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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Access to primary healthcare services is a core lever for reducing health inequalities. The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Therefore, identifying appointments at risk of being missed is a crucial prevention strategy to optimize care quality, ensure continuity, and reduce costs. for CA, 0.85

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Factors associated with patients' experience of access to their primary health care clinic: a multilevel analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Understanding patients’ experience accessing primary health care (PHC) is necessary in order to move toward better service organization and more equitable PHC access. This cross-sectional study builds on survey data collected in multidisciplinary PHC clinics. 104 PHC clinics across 14 regions of Quebec, Canada.

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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

Whether it’s your first pap smear or you’re wondering if you can have the test while on your period, this guide walks you through the essentials of women’s health checkups, how to prepare, and common questions many patients have. Many patients search online for variations like: Can you have a pap smear while menstruating?

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Evaluation of the Super Supporter Virtual Visit Technology Navigator Program for Rural Patient Populations [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Virtual visits have emerged as a new mode of accessing healthcare, however not all patients have equal access to virtual care. Patients who may benefit most from virtual care, such as those living in rural areas, may be at greatest risk of not being able to complete a clinical video visit with their provider.

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Agentic AI In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

This trend is likely to equally impact healthcare leaders, and they will have to manage a new type of collaboration. They are quite specific in their abilities and, in healthcare, can serve as assistants who summarise the latest medical research and provide advice for additional reading. We consider such collaborations in this article.