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A Call for Engagement Outside of the Exam Room

Physician's Weekly

However, a less examined aspect is patient and community engagement outside traditional healthcare settings. This can be done by maintaining a directory of community resources and making referrals during patient visits. Engaging with patients and the community outside the exam room is crucial for several reasons.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from. So the problem of, hey, look at us, we promise we’ll be helpful.