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. 2018 Sep 17;6:2050312118800209. doi: 10.1177/2050312118800209

Table 6.

Counts of recommendation follow-ups by staff training level (per 1000 patients).

Task description Follow-up not needed Clinician Radiology follow-up Nurse follow-up or triage Total
Cancer screening 0 297 169 102 569
Disease monitoring 0 0 0 434 434
Disease screening 0 0 0 226 226
Documentation tasks 202 0 0 151 353
Immunization 571 0 0 0 571
Infectious disease screening 0 0 0 912 912
New medication 47 0 0 0 47
Optimize managementa 0 77 0 356 433
Preventive counseling 693 0 0 0 693
Procedures needed (not cancer screen) 0 100 0 16 117
Specialty referral 0 5 0 0 5
Total 1513 480 169 2197 4359
a

Optimize chronic disease management (e.g. hemoglobin A1c above goal or blood pressure above goal requiring action, but could potentially be directed by a nurse if a specific protocol available).