Medical doctors have patients looking to relieve pain in the back, neck, arms, legs, as well as the pain of headaches. Doctors often refer patients to a chiropractor to get the help they need to heal ...

For hospitals and health care providers, an effective patient referral system is an integral way of ensuring that patients receive optimal care at the right time and at the appropriate level, as well ...

Around 65 percent of new patients for specialists start out as referrals, but for many network providers patient referral methods lead to 20-plus percent patient leakage rates. These leaks lead to ...

As fellows, we are protected from having to seek out patients or build a referral base. Instead our mission is to evaluate and treat the patients that present to our institutions in need of help. As a ...

Stiff competition in the health care industry is requiring organizations to evolve and adopt digital marketing strategies in order to survive. Many patients are now researching health care practices ...

Whenever I book a doctor’s appointment through my medical group I expect to wait at least a couple of weeks to get in. Meanwhile, there are probably two or three doctors in the area who could meet my ...

Thank you for referring your patient to Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Collaborating with referring providers is one of our top priorities. Through a united effort, we put ...

This study used multivariate models to identify physician specialty and comfort with end-of-life discussions, both of which are associated with end-of-life referrals. Participants were managed care ...

Mount Sinai Health System is in the process of building a new patient referral system. The health system is working with par80, a software company in Boston, to create the new system. It will be ...

This article demonstrates that few patient encounters with indicators of need for diabetes self-management education result in a provider referral to the service. Objectives: This study measured the ...

A rapid cycle improvement approach was used to optimize GI referrals to the CR program. Barriers to CR referral were identified through a literature review and informal interviews of GI clinicians.