Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Semi-structured interviews with practice staff were conducted to explore reasons for selecting a specific study arm. The results showed that out of 76 enrolled practices, 46 selected the self-paced approach using the TIPS modules, and 16 of these (35%) included a Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (DCES).

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Primary Care Diabetes Referral Family Physician 52

Vida Family Medicine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Whether you would like a prenatal consult to prepare for breastfeeding, need a lactation consult postpartum, or are already working with a lactation consultant and need a referral to a physician experienced in breastfeeding medicine to evaluate problems such as low milk supply, we can help!

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Consulting Board-Certified Family Physician Referral 52

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

WM: Like you, I’m a family physician. When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. Let’s say a diabetic comes in and they’re on metformin. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral. But they take it a step further.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

You know your patients’ evolving story as well as their family, friends, coworkers, and the peculiarities of their local community. Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Also, consider joining my short and informative e-mail newsletter (‘ Golden Nuggets of Family Medicine ’).

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Family Physician Family Families GP 130