Research ArticleFamily Medicine and the Health Care System
Evaluating the Impact of an eConsult Platform on Specialty Care Access for Medicaid Patients
Birpartap S. Thind, Moriah Maddalena, Waheed Baqai, Stanley K. Frencher and William W. Jih
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine August 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240322R1
Birpartap S. Thind
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
MHAMoriah Maddalena
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
MDWaheed Baqai
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
MPHStanley K. Frencher Jr.
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
MD, MPHWilliam W. Jih
From the Medical Student, California University of Science and Medicine (BT); Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MM); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University (WB); Associate Professor, UCLA DGSOM Department of Urology (SKF); Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine WWJ.
MD, MBA
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Evaluating the Impact of an eConsult Platform on Specialty Care Access for Medicaid Patients
Birpartap S. Thind, Moriah Maddalena, Waheed Baqai, Stanley K. Frencher, William W. Jih
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Aug 2025, DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240322R1
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