Individual, Mental Health and Referral

Changes in patterns and referrals of Nova Scotians seeking mental health care through 2-1-1 Referral Service [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services.

Referral

Referral Mental Health Finance Community

Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

Patients

Patients Community Patient-Centered Referral

Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disproportionately impacts persons with substance use and mental health disorders within the United States. A small-scale, peer navigation focused micro-elimination project was launched to facilitate treatment engagement and re-testing for individuals experiencing elevated risk of HCV re-infection.

Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare

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

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

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. Choosing the right diabetes doctor can make a major difference in how effectively your condition is managed, your quality of life, and your long-term health outcomes.

Diabetes

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine

Raynaud's Phenomenon

Vascular Physician

JULY 11, 2021

Normally, when a healthy individual is exposed to cold temperatures the blood vessels in the fingers and toes vasoconstrict or narrow. Educating patients on the link between emotional stress and Raynaud's phenomenon is important and attention to mental health disorders should be considered.

Referral

Referral Mental Health Patients Diagnose

Identifying and managing gambling-related harms

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 11, 2025

A recent article in the BMJ summarized a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on identification and management of gambling-related harms. People with gambling disorder are at increased risk for self-harm and suicide attempts.

Management

Management Referral Mental Health Community

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic

PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Health and health justice. We talk a lot about people being unhoused, which I think takes the blame away from the individual and kind of de. And that’s about half of our referrals.

Healthcare

Healthcare IT Community Illness

Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 11:05 So is there a trigger or what’s your referral criteria for the outpatient clinic? Can you come and be in our clinic once a week? Sarah 07:12 It’s mostly our decompensated cirrhosis patients. Amy 24:21 For me, I always.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic

A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

You can either get one little individual canister of nitrous, or a big canister which costs about 120 to 120. For those already misusing inhalants, referral to a substance use disorder program is essential. The primary effects are euphoria, dizziness, and disorientation. Theyre felt within seconds and last 15 to 30 minutes or less.

Complication

Complication Patient-Centered Management Patients

Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Eric: So in some ways, this is kind of like the VA, where you don’t have to follow Medicare guidelines, but you can actually actively do concurrent care for these individuals. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health. Michele: Yeah. We have that. Alex: Mm-hmm.

Family

Family Families IT Community

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

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Chaplains can do an assessment of the spirituality of the individual and then they use interventions that are part of their discipline and those interventions are tailored to the individual’s spiritual and religious needs of the person that they’re caring for. They followed them during the course of their hospital stay.

IT

IT Patient-Centered Family Families

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

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

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.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital

How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. Again, as Greg said, where the individual chooses what works best for them. To Susan’s point.

Community

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT

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Changes in patterns and referrals of Nova Scotians seeking mental health care through 2-1-1 Referral Service [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

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Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

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