Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

For example, although documenting in the electronic health record (EHR) can improve access to organized information, a lack of EHR interoperability may hinder communication among physicians who use disparate EHR systems. They should also try to obtain the results of any exams, tests, or consultations that aren’t yet in the chart.

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Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Simon, MD, MPH , is Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. He Additionally, he consults with federal agencies on mental health system design and practices. Dr.  Bridging Gaps in Follow-up Appointments After Hospitalization and Youth Suicide: Mental Health Care Disparities Matter.

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Mental Health Community Patient-Centered Hospital 52

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

So it’s not uncommon that many patients start to ask certain questions and I’m like, did you happen to consult with Dr. Google before coming to see me? When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. If you type in any symptom, cancer comes up.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

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. If they get palliative care consult, they get one. That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

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. And then video telemedicine is basically one of those pieces in the telehealth umbrella. Eric: Yeah.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73