Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The pre-intervention no-show rate of TCM appointments at Wellstar MCG Health was 44% per month. Referrals were not placed for patients being discharged to another facility or who already had an outside primary care provider. Results: The no-show rate to TCM appointments was 44% prior to the intervention.

Appointment 130

Appointment Hospital Management Family Medicine 130

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support. Firsthand referrals often lead to trusted and patient-focused providers. A difficult-to-reach provider could lead to skipped appointments and poorly managed blood sugar.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

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. Communicate clearly with appropriate non-clinical staff.

Chronic Condition 59

Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. Emmy: So I think shifting that a little bit is what helped me do a lot of the education that I do to therapists and physicians, just to have it on their radar. They know where to send people.

Families 102

Families IT 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. I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from.

Patient-Centered 119

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. 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