Healthcare Medical Referral Utilities 
Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Study Design: Secondary data analysis of patient demographic, referral, and encounter-level data extracted from site eMR (Epic).
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
In its petition filed earlier this month, Pfizer challenges HHS’s interpretation of the AKS as “staggeringly overbroad,” contrary to the congressional intent behind the AKS, and a threat to “almost any activity that facilitates patient access to federally funded healthcare.” Background. Pfizer’s Petition to SCOTUS.
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GeriPal
MARCH 14, 2024
Some of our healthcare systems are hard, and challenging, and I think that it’s time that we have a change. I think there’s maybe a little bit of debate as to when those turn from being just normal age related changes to then being something more, but it happens in many different areas of healthcare. Eric: Lovely.
Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Objective Describe the population of patients referred to a palliative care clinic and observe their healthcare utilization patterns. Setting The study was conducted at UC Davis Medical Center, a tertiary academic medical center in Sacramento, CA, serving a diverse, multicultural population.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well.
GeriPal
JUNE 9, 2022
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 was always critical care bound since medical school. And do we have entirely a clinician referral-based practice?
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