Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. Michelle Rockwell and colleagues at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, performed a sludge audit of their colorectal cancer (CRC) screening services in 2021 and 2022. Travel to the doctor’s office. Wait times.

Screening 52

Screening Insurance Primary Care Referral 52

The Physicians Foundation

AUGUST 15, 2024

The clinic offers referrals to specialists, conducts free cancer screenings, provides medication vouchers and engages in extensive public health education efforts. His dedication to this cause should serve as an inspiration to the entire medical community.”

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Community Chronic Disease Management Education 40

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

Access is so important because that is the reason the patient signs up with health insurance is so that they can get care, whether primary or specialty. We have to get that right or else the patient [is] going to go to a different entity or a different insurance company. Let’s get this important cancer screening test done.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. So, I digress.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

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. And what does that referral process look like? So that part we know and I.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: Having said that, I think we need to recognize that the gold standard, thorough OT assessment is not a reality for a lot of people, because of there aren’t enough of them, because of insurance might not cover it, and so forth. We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool. Emmy: Yeah.

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102