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Electronic consultation questions asked to addiction medicine specialists by primary care providers: Retrospective content analysis

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To determine the major themes among clinical questions asked to addiction medicine specialists sent by primary care providers (PCPs) via the Champlain Building Access to Specialists through the eConsultation (BASE™) electronic consultation (eConsult) service and the PCP-perceived benefits of this service.

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How to Improve Care for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Physician's Weekly

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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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Additionally, he consults with federal agencies on mental health system design and practices. Dr.  There are a growing number of Child Psychiatric Access Programs, including one in Massachusetts, which provide quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

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. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? I have never myself called a palliative care consult as a trainee because we didn’t have one. We need more consults.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

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. And there’s a mortality number of people who just can’t make it to get to our clinic.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And I think a lot of times when we get consulted, we’re asked for the outcome, right? Get the hospice referral. Tell me what would you… Juliet: Fully Integrated electronic medical records system that made this very easy for clinicians to do. Rachelle: One of the things, they are definitely ordered steps, right?

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