Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

It’s easy to understand why communication barriers can hinder care coordination between primary care physicians (PCPs), specialists, hospitalists, and professionals at other facilities. Communicate clearly with appropriate non-clinical staff. Consider creating a care collaboration compact with specialists.

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Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

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Mental Health 52

Mental Health Community Patient-Centered Hospital 52

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you.

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IT Families Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. So the problem of, hey, look at us, we promise we’ll be helpful.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. If we’re going to get really academic, that’s the umbrella, and that can include a lot of things like including phone calls between a provider and a patient or messages in someone’s electronic medical record. Eric: Yeah.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73