Referrals are home health providers’ “lifeblood” – but the referral landscape has become increasingly challenging, requiring ...

The medical “referral” is, of course, part and parcel of the everyday work of our nation of specialized health care providers. Exclusive referral arrangements in which, for example, a group ...

Referral patterns by family physicians affect numerous aspects of medical care. This study compares the outpatient referral rates of residents, residency faculty, and clinical faculty. Objectives: ...

SAN FRANCISCO - November 17, 2010 - When referring patients, physicians are more likely to call another provider or give patients referral information rather than exchanging details of the patient's ...

Patients with a referral were more often female (58.7 %), were on average 47.6 years old and had a median distance to the nearest medical specialist care facility of 3 km (Table 1). Almost half of the ...

It's the health care holy grail: higher quality care at lower cost, and there are a growing number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the United States aiming to achieve it, in part by ...

Mary Timney saw countless cardiologists following triple-bypass surgery at Westchester Medical Center. But dozens of exams and procedures — that cost tens of thousands of dollars — did little to ...

Pathologic Evaluation of Total Mesorectal Excision: Big Brother Is Watching THERE WAS A TIME when the benefits of chemotherapy and the practice of medical oncology had still not made a deep impression ...

In Victoria, an injured plaintiff who brings a public liability or medical negligence claim is usually required to demonstrate they have suffered a 'significant injury,' before they are entitled to ...

Cindy Jordan is the co-founder and CEO of Pyx Health, a healthcare activation company focused on supporting the most ...

So says Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. CEO Esther Muña after sharing that the CHCC Medical Referral program was only allocated $1 for fiscal year 2023 from the CNMI general fund. In a news briefing ...