5-Minute clinical consults

Comparing virtual consults to traditional consults using an electronic health record: an observational case–control study

BACKGROUND Patients have typically received health care through face-to-face encounters. However, expansion of electronic communication and electronic health records (EHRs) provide alternative means for patient and physicians to interact. Electronic consultations may complement regular healthcare by providing "better, faster, cheaper" processes for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring health co...

Optimizing referrals & consults with a standardized process.

Family physicians possess the knowledge and skills to handle 95 percent of the problems presented at patient visits, but at least once per day, on average, a patient’s condition requires a referral. Referrals and consultations are an important part of patient care, but they present numerous challenges: Will the consulting physician treat only the problem in question? Will he or she notify you o...

The Effect of the 5 Minute Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention (PIOMI) Versus the 15 Minute Oral Stimulation Program for Breastfeeding Achievement in Term Infants with Feeding Problems: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Objectives: Feeding problems can occur in early-term infants born at 37 weeks; Early-term and term infants may benefit from oral motor therapy to attain successful breastfeeding. The present study aimed to determine the impact of the 5-minute premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI) and the 15-minute oral stimulation program (15 minute Oral Stimulation Program) on 37-41 week infants in ...

RACE program provides rapid specialist consults.

modified schirmer's test in normal eyes: open versus closed eyes and 1-minute versus 5-minute tests

purpose : to assess the results of 1-minute and 5-minute schirmer's test (st) when the eyes are open (sto) and closed (stc) in normal participants. methods : in a comparative, observational case series study, 34 normal volunteers were included in the study. inclusion criteria were normal ophthalmologic findings except for refractive errors, no use of contact lenses, no history of previous ...