Improving Access and Quality of Care for Kidney Stone Patients in an Underserved Community
Authors:
Megan Stout, MD, Molly Mcnamara, BS, Tasha Posid, MA, PhD, Alicia Scimeca, BA, Aliza Khuhro, BS, Matthew Murtha, MD, Max Yudovich, MD, Dinah Diab, BS, Ganesh Shidham, MD, Elizabeth Weinandy, MPH, Bodo E. Knudsen, MD, FRCSC, and Michael W. Sourial, MD, FRCSC
Abstract
There is a call to improve Medicaid patient access to health care, enhance quality and outcomes of care, and reduce overall financial burden. We sought to build a comprehensive kidney stone program to help patients navigate through the acute and preventive aspects of stone disease by increasing multidisciplinary referrals and compliance with recommendations and decreasing no-show...