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See Latest ArticlesEnhancing continuity of information: Essential components of consultation reports
Canadian Family Physician, 06/15/09
Berta W et al. - Improving the coordination of patient care and dealing with the effects of increasing medical specialization on continuity of care are 2 important challenges for family physicians.
- Coordination of care between providers for complex, chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, and heart failure can be improved by ensuring good continuity of information between family physicians and other specialists.
- Using an expert panel, which included family physicians, and a consensus process, the authors identified the minimum essential elements for consultation reports generated by specialists in response to referrals from family physicians for patients with asthma.
- A sample consultation report, which can be modified and used for other chronic conditions, was generated.
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