By the Connected Care Guide Team If You're Leaving the Hospital Today, Start Here Going home after a hospital stay involves more than a ride and a bag of paperwork. In the space of a short …
A Support Person at a Medical Visit: Roles, Privacy, and Note-Taking
By the Connected Care Guide Team Deciding What Your Support Person Will Do Before the Visit Bringing someone to a medical visit can help you remember information, ask questions you might forget, and …
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Moving From Pediatric to Adult Specialty Care: A Transition-Questions Map
By the Connected Care Guide Team A Tuesday afternoon, a new waiting room, and no chart to hand over Your 19-year-old has seen the same pediatric specialist since elementary school. That office knows …
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Referral and Prior Authorization: Two Different Care-Navigation Steps
By the Connected Care Guide Team Connected Care Guide is an educational publication. We are not a clinic, medical group, provider network, or referral service, and we are not affiliated with any …
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Sharing Medical Images With a Specialist: The Image File and Report Are Different
By the Connected Care Guide Team The Decision Point: What Does the Specialist Actually Need? A specialist referral often comes with a request that sounds simple: “Send over your imaging.” …
Preparing a Specialist-Scope Question Before Your First Visit
By the Connected Care Guide Team You finally have a specialist appointment on the calendar. Your primary care provider sent the referral, but the note you got back was short: a date, a time, and a …
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