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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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The Case of the Dropping Albumin

A Country Doctor Writes

He works at the Catholic hospital across the city from the rival, bigger, Cityside hospital. Back in March, Glenda became very ill very quickly and was first admitted to our local hospital and within 24 hours they transferred her to Cityside. We had scheduled an appointment for today now that we know our assignment.

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Why women doctors are still mistaken for nurses

KevinMD

It was early morning—likely the first appointment of the day. The music in the waiting room had not even been turned on yet, and the smell of coffee was just beginning to meet the air.

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A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

We invited all of the people who are touched by the opioid crisis (addicts, family members of addicts, the faith based community, law enforcement, public health officials, county commissioners, EMS personnel, physicians, hospital representatives, the legal community, etc.) Through a funded grant.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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A Pearl From Medical School

A Country Doctor Writes

Because of the severity of his pneumonia, the hospital did a chest CT on him, so when he got the call about his appointment for the abdominal CT I had ordered, he told them he didn’t need it because he already had one. At his followup appointment, he was back to feeling nonspecifically unwell and his sed rate was now 118.

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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

. “My patients want to know they will always see me—the doctor they know and trust—when they make appointments,” says Dr. Greenough. “That’s why I felt strongly about opening this kind of practice, where I can make that commitment to patients.” For more information, please visit www.ccpmd.com.