Abstracts tagged "Access to care and quality of care"

Abstract Number: 2604 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ask a Doc – Rheumatologic Care Delivered Just in Time
Eric D. Newman¹, Chelsea Cedeno², Thomas M. Harrington³, Thomas P. Olenginski³, Alfred E. Denio³, Androniki Bili⁴, Brian DelVecchio⁵, Carolyn Houk⁶ and Paul F. Simonelli⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ²Division of Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ³Dept of Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, ⁵Rheumatology, Geisinger Health System, Wilkes-Barre, PA, ⁶Family Practice - Frackville, Geisinger Health System, Frackville, PA, ⁷Thoracic Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Background/Purpose: Specialty care is traditionally delivered as face to face consults. These encounters range from consult not needed to consult needed quickly. Our care systems…