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Nurse liaison: a strategy for counter-referral.

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2018
OBJECTIVE to identify the profile of the counter-referred patients by the "nurse liaison" and to describe the experience of the professionals who participated in the project. METHOD intervention research, with twelve nursing nurses from a hospital and
E. Ribas, Elisabeth Bernardino, Liliana Muller Larocca, Paulo Poli Neto, Gisele Knop Aued, Camilla Pinheiro Cristaldi da Silva   +5 more
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Timely Palliative Care: Personalizing the Process of Referral

Cancers, 2022
Simple Summary Timely palliative care is palliative care personalized based on patients’ needs and delivered at the optimal time and setting. It involves a systematic process to identify patients with high supportive care needs and referring these ...
D. Hui, Yvonne Heung, E. Bruera
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Guidance for Timely and Appropriate Referral of Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation, 2021
Among the estimated 6.2 million Americans living with heart failure (HF), ≈5%/y may progress to advanced, or stage D, disease. Advanced HF has a high morbidity and mortality, such that early recognition of this condition is important to optimize care ...
A. Morris, P. Khazanie, M. Drazner, N. Albert, Khadijah K. Breathett, L. Cooper, H. Eisen, P. O'Gara, S. Russell   +8 more
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Effect of delays in the UK two-week wait cancer referral pathway during the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer survival: a modelling study

The Lancet Oncology, 2020
Background During the COVID-19 lockdown, referrals via the 2 Week Wait (2WW) urgent pathway for suspected cancer in England are reported to have dropped by up to 84%.
A. Sud, B. Torr, Michael E. Jones, J. Broggio, S. Scott, C. Loveday, A. Garrett, F. Gronthoud, D. Nicol, S. Jhanji, S. Boyce, M. Williams, E. Riboli, D. Muller, E. Kipps, J. Larkin, N. Navani, C. Swanton, G. Lyratzopoulos, E. McFerran, M. Lawler, R. Houlston, C. Turnbull   +22 more
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Optimized implementation of cardiac resynchronization therapy: a call for action for referral and optimization of care

European Journal of Heart Failure, 2020
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is one of the most effective therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and leads to improved quality of life, reductions in heart failure hospitalization rates and all‐cause mortality. Nevertheless,
W. Mullens, A. Auricchio, Pieter Martens, K. Witte, M. Cowie, V. Delgado, K. Dickstein, C. Linde, K. Vernooy, F. Leyva, J. Bauersachs, C. Israel, L. Lund, E. Donal, G. Boriani, T. Jaarsma, A. Berruezo, V. Traykov, Z. Yousef, Z. Kalarus, J. Cosedis Nielsen, J. Steffel, P. Vardas, A. Coats, P. Seferovic, T. Edvardsen, H. Heidbuchel, F. Ruschitzka, C. Leclercq   +28 more
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Interpretations of referral appropriateness by senior health managers in five PCT areas in England : a qualitative investigation [PDF]

, 2010
Aim To explore interpretations of “appropriate” and “inappropriate” elective referral from primary to secondary surgical care among senior clinical and non-clinical managers in five purposively sampled primary care trusts (PCTs) and their main associated
Blundell, N, Mays, Nicholas, N. Mays, Blundell, N., N. Blundell, A. Clarke, Clarke, Aileen, Mays, N   +7 more
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Referral recommendations for osteoarthritis of the knee incorporating patients' preferences [PDF]

, 2010
Background. GPs have to respond to conflicting policy developments. As gatekeeper they are supposed to manage the growing demand for specialist services and as patient advocate they should be responsive to patients' preferences.
McCaskie, Andrew W, Musila, Nyokabi, Nyokabi Musila, McCaskie, A. W., Andrew W McCaskie, Musila, N., van der Meulen, Jan H, Meulen, J. H. van der, Jan H van der Meulen, Nick Black, Underwood, Martin, Martin Underwood, Aileen Clarke, Black, Nick, Black, N., Clarke, Aileen   +15 more
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How views of oncologists and haematologists impacts palliative care referral: a systematic review

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Worldwide, many patients with cancer, are infrequently referred to palliative care or are referred late. Oncologists and haematologists may act as gatekeepers, and their views may facilitate or hinder referrals to palliative care.
N. Salins, A. Ghoshal, S. Hughes, N. Preston   +3 more
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Improving the psychological evaluation of exercise referral: psychometric properties of the Exercise Referral Quality of Life Scale [PDF]

, 2015
There is a growing need to assess the psychological outcomes of exercise referral and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has called for the routine assessment of life-quality.
Charlotte Hilton, Trigg, R, Antoinette Minniti, Hilton, Charlotte, Hilton, C, Minniti, A, Trigg, Richard, Richard Trigg, Minniti, Antoinette   +8 more
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Guidelines on Diabetic Eye Care: The International Council of Ophthalmology Recommendations for Screening, Follow-up, Referral, and Treatment Based on Resource Settings.

Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), 2018
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global epidemic and affects populations in both developing and developed countries, with differing health care and resource levels.
T. Wong, Jennifer K. Sun, R. Kawasaki, Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, N. Gupta, V. Lansingh, M. Maia, Wanjiku Mathenge, Sunil Moreker, Mahi M K Muqit, S. Resnikoff, J. Verdaguer, Peiquan Zhao, F. Ferris, L. Aiello, H. Taylor   +15 more
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