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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. Referrals were not placed for patients being discharged to another facility or who already had an outside primary care provider.

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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. Firsthand referrals often lead to trusted and patient-focused providers. But how do you find the right diabetes specialist in a crowded healthcare landscape?

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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

She is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

Palliative care, in contrast, saw explosive growth in US hospitals. 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 do tend to focus in the hospital setting.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this?

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Or electronically, to fill out, right? This is terrific.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

On the other hand, all of our guests agree that chaplains are often the most vulnerable to being cut from hospital and health system budgets. They followed them during the course of their hospital stay. These studies are important. These hick pick codes are available to any chaplain in a healthcare system. Did it have any impact?

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