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Chicago: Using Evidence-Based Rules To Make Smarter Referrals

2010; Project HOPE; Volume: 29; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0068

2694-233X

Barbara S. Fischer, Enrique Martinez, Mary Driscoll, Terrence Conway,

Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Practice Profile Health AffairsVol. 29, No. 5: Reinventing Primary Care Chicago: Using Evidence-Based Rules To Make Smarter ReferralsBarbara S. Fischer, Enrique Martinez, Mary Driscoll, and Terrence Conway Affiliations Barbara S. Fischer ( [email protected] ) is public service administrator of the Division of Patient Safety and Quality; Office of Policy, Planning, and Statistics; at the Illinois Department of Public Health in Chicago. Enrique Martinez is chief medical officer, Ambulatory, at Cook County Health and Hospitals System in Chicago. Mary Driscoll is chief of the Division of Patient Safety and Quality; Office of Policy, Planning, and Statistics; Illinois Department of Public Health. Terrence Conway is a principal with Health Management Associates in Chicago. PUBLISHED:May 2010No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0068AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleTOPICSClinicsSafety net hospitalsInternetHealth care providersPrimary care providersQuality of careWait timesSpecialty carePatient testingAccess to care Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 6 History Published online 1 May 2010 Information Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPartial funding was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Community Access Program Grant awarded to Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS); by a Prince Charitable Trusts grant awarded to CCHHS; by a Michael Reese Health Trust grant awarded to CCHHS; and by a Washington Square Health Foundation grant awarded to CCHHS. The authors gratefully acknowledge the significant contributions of Joe Sullivan, Proximare Health, to this project.PDF downloadCited byA Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Referral Strategies16 December 2022 | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 19, No. 24Electronic primary care to specialist referral: A pilot project to evaluate referral expedience and efficacy1 April 2021 | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 33, No. 4Shared Care: Using an Electronic Consult Form to Facilitate Primary Care Provider–Specialty Care CoordinationAcademic Pediatrics, Vol. 18, No. 7Secure Provider-to-Provider Communication With Electronic Health Record Messaging: An Educational Outreach StudyJournal for Healthcare Quality, Vol. 40, No. 5Referral system in rural Iran: improvement proposals5 March 2018 | Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Vol. 34, No. 3Outpatient services and primary care: scoping review, substudies and international comparisons1 May 2016 | Health Services and Delivery Research, Vol. 4, No. 15