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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

Referrals were not placed for patients being discharged to another facility or who already had an outside primary care provider. Intervention: A team was created with an attending physician, care coordinators, and front office staff. Results: The no-show rate to TCM appointments was 44% prior to the intervention.

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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support.

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Silent, Urgent, Deadly: The Effects of a Patient Outreach Education Program on Shared Decision-making and Lung Cancer [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective This study aimed to define the association between an outreach education and LCS guideline eligibility assessment intervention on SDM occurrence on LCS completion. Liaison sent a memo through the EHR to the PCP, noting eligibility status, prompted to complete SDM at the upcoming visit and provided order codes and instructions.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. I think, as providers, we don’t get to see that.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. So kind of from a primary care point of view, the guys are doing okay. He’s in Boston. And Matt brought today’s topic to us.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

So we have done a few qualitative studies where we’ve worked with a bunch of primary care clinicians, geriatricians included and adults 76 and older to try to get language to have these kind of conversations. And so we recruited 546 women and they were from 137 different PCPs. And so then they saw their PCP.