Essentially, to have a specialty of the month, which we will highlight within our many primary care meetings.  We will share specialty-specific clinical pearls, what workup is helpful for the PCP to do prior to referral, etc. Then we will have a virtual teams meeting at the end of the month with 2-4 specialists on a panel, a meeting moderator from primary care leadership, and invite all upstate FM and IM PCPs to attend for feedback and Q&A related to the specialty. We will share key information about the division’s initiatives and most pressing evidence-based medicine/practice-changing information from that specialty (ie, change in criteria for lung cancer screening, lowered age, and new modalities accepted for colon cancer screening – the big “practice changers” in a specialty that are important for PCPs to know). 

 

Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Other: Referral Coordinators