Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Diabetologist: A doctor who specializes in diabetes (sometimes used interchangeably with endocrinologists). Certification shows they’ve completed specialized training and passed rigorous exams. Firsthand referrals often lead to trusted and patient-focused providers.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

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. Diversifying your mental health outreach goes hand in hand with diversifying your providers.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Community Patient-Centered Hospital 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? Do you worry about that? This is terrific.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

We talk with Kate about how despite how far we’ve come in palliative care research, we still don’t have answers to some fundamental questions, such as: Who should get specialized palliative care? Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? And do we have entirely a clinician referral-based practice?

Consulting 100

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 100

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

So, I do think that we have, I think of our team as an overlapping venn diagram or anyone not to be able on, the team ought to be able to listen deeply and provide some of this, but then the chaplain does have these special domains. Eric: LaVera, I got a question for you. Alex, is it okay if I ask? Alex: Yeah. Eric: And lastly, LaVera.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Family Families 99

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. And that included scheduling a visit with a, with a facilitator who had been specially trained. So we have to collect what information we have available from Health Information exchange and electronic health records.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 80

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

If we’re going to get really academic, that’s the umbrella, and that can include a lot of things like including phone calls between a provider and a patient or messages in someone’s electronic medical record. So it developed all this issue around what is a qualifying referral that would allow me to do telehealth prescribing?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73