Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Calling to schedule the next available appointment and taking time off work. Michelle Rockwell and colleagues at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, performed a sludge audit of their colorectal cancer (CRC) screening services in 2021 and 2022. Travel to the doctor’s office. Wait times.

Screening 52

Screening Insurance Primary Care Referral 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Outcome Measure: Themes that emerged from interviews.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

MAY 24, 2022

She was deeply involved in community outreach projects and truly cared for the community she was a part of. Sister N pointed to the screen with a blood pressure reading of 180/110. We booked a follow up appointment and he was on his way home. But I was glad no one needed referral. Everyone loved her.

Referral 52

Referral Community Patients Specialization 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening. That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

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.

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. And how are you going to know that when you’re just getting random referrals from teaching hospitals, for example? So it developed all this issue around what is a qualifying referral that would allow me to do telehealth prescribing?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73