Only 6 patients refused the follow-up option. A total of 1,039 calls were made, involving 385 hours of autonomous conversation, with an average duration of 4 minutes and 3 seconds per call.

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They must know that the cancer journey does not simply end with a successful treatment. Of course, one is allowed to celebrate this phase. But, cancer patients are often advised to take follow-up ...

The culture of follow-up at clinics with high regularity involved a clear system for identifying and contacting no-show patients, where the administrative staff, nurses, and primary care ...

New study explores how primary care teams can encourage regular follow-up visits for patients with chronic conditions. By comparing clinics that achieve more- and less-regular follow up visit ...

What is Cellular Immunotherapy LTFU? The Cellular Immunotherapy Long-Term Follow-Up (LTFU) Program monitors and provides care for patients after they receive cellular immunotherapy at Fred Hutch ...

The improvement was significant: 40% of patients in the intervention group completed their follow-up primary care physician visits, compared to 22% of the control group, which received no messages.

From 2010 to 2022, primary care follow-up increased from 51.5% to 57.5% for patients discharged directly home, and from 24.3% to 28.4% for patients who were sent to an SNF before going home.

Adam Rose from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on how primary care teams can encourage more temporally regular (TR) follow-up visits for patients with ...