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Author: vab4h1
Date: Jul 29, 2011 11:24 am
We have a very busy Palliative Care Clinic where we currently allow 30 minutes for follow-up visits and 60 minutes for new visits as we feel that the complexity of our patient population warrants this amount of time to adequately address their needs. Our institution is rolling out a new template for all outpatients visits which allows 20 minutes for follow-up and 40 minutes for new visits. I'm interested in knowing what the standard is at other institutions.
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Re:length of visits in outpatient clinic (by lynceronsky on 07/30/2011)
Hi,
Appointments in our palliative care clinic are 60 minute initial evaluations with a physician or advanced practice nurse and 30 minute follow-ups. Patients also meet with a clinical social worker. These appointments are 60 minutes for both initial evaluation and follow-up, similar to behavioral outpatient appointment times. If you are following a patient in clinic known to the team from the inpatient setting, it may be possible to decrease the time of the initial MD/APN appointment.

Lyn Ceronsky
Director, Palliative Care
Fairview Health Services
A CAPC Palliative Care Leadership Center
Minneapolis, MN

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