Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Utilizing new electronic handgrip dynamometer and accelerometer technologies may allow for additional muscle function attributes to be feasibly measured, which in turn, may help elevate prognostic value and specificity for intervention referral. Interclass correlation coefficients were used for the analyses.

Electronics 130

Electronics Primary Care Utilities Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Early identification and intervention in behavioral aspects of chronic diseases leads to improved function with decreased healthcare utilization, yet we know little about referral patterns for behavioral support of chronic disease. 88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition.

Referral 130

Referral Chronic Condition Medical Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to describe patterns of utilization of a Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) in Eastern Ontario and evaluate the impact of the program on patient activation, a measure of participants’ involvement in their care, their health behaviors, and their knowledge of the condition.

Management 130

Management Utilities Referral Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health Systems (MCHS), merely 28% of DO providers perform OMT, leading to long wait times of over three months for new patients seeking OMT referrals. Objective: This study investigates provider attitudes toward OMT and identifies barriers to referrals to address the unmet patient demand.

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 130

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Provider Management Referral 130

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). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

But fewer than 20 percent of at-risk patients utilize this testing, and even fewer engage in genetic counseling after referral, often due to clinical workflow challenges or barriers to care.

Referral 97

Referral Utilities Individual Family 97

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Streamline Referrals: Utilize technology like the Hunger Vital Signs tool and the Minnesota Food Helpline to connect patients directly to mobile food units, emergency food programs or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollment services. Park Nicollet Health Services combines nutrition education with SNAP referrals.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We utilized theoretical constructs of salutogenesis – manageability, meaningfulness, and coherence; and resilience. We employed diverse strategies to solicit respondent participation in clinics, provider networks, community and, social media.

Referral 130

Referral Healthcare Provider Utilities 130

Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 4, 2024

Our team of providers utilizes an interdisciplinary model of care, including physical therapy, neurology, primary care, medical imaging, and other areas to address patient well-being from multiple perspectives. “We A referral from a provider is not required but is recommended. To schedule an appointment, call 574-725-3001.

Management 52

Management Patient-Centered Community Referral 52

CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

Patients depend on our clinical knowledge as well as our recommendations and relationships with our specialist partners.</span></span></p> The question often becomes, how can we overcome this disparity in attitudes towards our professional network of referrals? & Bankrate.com.

Patients 52

Patients Finance Education Utilities 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, if it’s a hospitalized patient, usually the referral will come through to the SLP service. So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. Nicole: Yeah, so again, it does depend a bit on the setting. Eric: Fancy.

IT 125

IT Patient-Centered Hospital Individual 125

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective Describe the population of patients referred to a palliative care clinic and observe their healthcare utilization patterns. Study Design Retrospective chart review of patients seen in a palliative care clinic between June 2023 and August 2023. Referrals were predominantly from Pulmonology (60%).

Patients 130

Patients Diagnosis Patient-Centered Utilities 130

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . In contrast to geriatrics, the evidence base for palliative care lagged clinical growth, in part because palliative care has no centralized “home” at the National Institutes of Health. By diagnosis? By prognosis?

Consulting 100

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 100

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope. I had no idea that people were calling 911 that much sometimes.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. Eric 21:49 Yeah.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We just couldn’t find one that quite fit our needs, and I’m sure that they differ to some extent by the clinical context, so we reviewed a bunch of categorizations that were in the literature and this was the most parsimonious group that we could come up with, that I thought captured the core elements of spirituality.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

And so the importance of the picture and the epiphany that really came many years later, I published a paper in the Journal of Clinical Oncology called Dignity in the Eye of the Beholder. How do you do that in clinical practice, in a way that doesn’t take five hours of sitting down with somebody? Eric: So how do you do that?

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. Eric 07:31 A clinical perspective, why is it important to test this stepped care model versus implementing more? Can someone describe for me what a stepped model is?

Patient-Centered 120

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It’s that first place that you start where it may not be the AAAs job, but we’ve organized where they have to have the partnerships and they know who the players are and they know who to make a referral to. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. And then, the system responds in turn.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Should we focus on something else, both from a clinical and a research perspective? So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. Get the hospice referral. What’s the evidence behind it?

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. And how are you going to know that when you’re just getting random referrals from teaching hospitals, for example? I think at least we like to think of ourselves as ahead of the curve. Eric: Yeah.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73