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Electronic consults, or “eConsults,” are exchanges between providers in the electronic medical record that allow referring clinicians, often in primary care, to obtain timely specialist input without the need for a separate face-to-face visit. This solution has shown promise in reducing wait times and unnecessary referrals and aligns with the incentivization of health systems by government and commercial payors to improve access and quality of care while reducing cost.
Yale’s population health team implemented and evaluated a large-scale eConsult program, and authored a September 2024 publication in PLOS One detailing the process. Using a multi-method approach, the researchers collected qualitative and quantitative data to assess operational outcomes on the implementation of the program and provider satisfaction among referring and specialist providers.
- November 16, 2024Source: The Washington Post
Pharmaceutical industry representatives in Washington are scrambling to measure the damage Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might inflict on one of his favorite targets, the Food and Drug Administration, if he is confirmed as secretary of health and human services.
- November 14, 2024
Congratulations to the following Yale Department of Internal Medicine faculty members, who were recently promoted, appointed, or reappointed.
- November 14, 2024
A nationwide survey of U.S. psychiatric hospitals shows that fewer than 50% offer buprenorphine, methadone, and/or naltrexone, lifesaving medications that can treat opioid use disorder.
- November 13, 2024Source: Yahoo
Until recently consuming moderate amounts of alcohol was thought to be healthy for your heart and brain, and maybe other aspects of health. But the message has changed, with the World Health Organization declaring in 2023 that no amount of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. If you feel like you’re experiencing informational whiplash,
- November 12, 2024
On November 6, the Minority Housestaff Organization (MHO) held a virtual recruitment event for under-represented in medicine (URiM) students from the three medical schools in Connecticut and some medical schools in the tri-state area. Over forty students logged on to the event. I would like to thank the MHO e-board leaders and Cat Gomez-Stafford for organizing the event.
- November 08, 2024
Hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer, is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Screening efforts for this cancer focus on individuals diagnosed with viral hepatitis or those known to have irreversible liver scarring, or cirrhosis. Due in part to increasing rates of obesity, another major risk factor is emerging, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), but factors associated with MASLD are not included in current screening practices. In response, researchers at Yale have developed and validated a new risk score for hepatocellular carcinoma that considers these factors. Their work, “Risk Score for Hepatocellular Cancer in Adults Without Viral Hepatitis or Cirrhosis” was published on November 6, 2024, in JAMA Network Open.
- November 07, 2024
Welcome New Staff, Faculty, Postdocs & Postgrads (November 2024)
- November 01, 2024Source: Barron's
Stephen Holt, MD, MS, associate professor of medicine (general medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, discusses who should abstain from drinking alcohol.
- October 31, 2024
In the “post-antibiotic era,” Yale researchers and clinicians are doing their part to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).