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Veronica Tobon

Medical Advisor, Clínica Sierra Vista · Bogotá, Colombia

Medical Advisor at Clínica Sierra Vista. Brings the day-to-day of clinical care into the editorial line: what a guideline looks like on the floor of a clinic, and where the front office either protects that care — or quietly undoes it.

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15 articles

  1. United KingdomCardiology

    Missed Blood Pressure Rechecks: The UK's Hypertension Follow-Up Gap

    Around 30% of people on a UK GP's hypertension register aren't managed to NICE's target, and recall keeps slipping in private and mixed-list practices.
  2. AustraliaPediatrics

    Australia's Immunisation Gap Is a Recall Problem, Not Refusal

    AIR data shows Australian children slipping behind schedule while practices still rely on manual recall — here is how automated follow-up closes the gap.
  3. English-speaking marketsMental health

    Telehealth Mental Health Demand Across English-Speaking Markets

    Telehealth demand for mental health care is climbing across Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and the US, and intake often can't keep pace with it.
  4. CanadaCardiology

    The Hypertension Recall Gap in Canadian Family Practice

    Only half of Canadians with hypertension are treated and controlled, and Statistics Canada data show the shortfall sits mostly in follow-up, not diagnosis.
  5. United StatesOphthalmology & endocrinology

    Diabetic Eye Exam Recall: Closing the Annual Screening Gap

    Only 64.8% of US adults with diabetes report an annual eye exam, short of the federal target — why the exam lapses, and what a recall protocol actually fixes.
  6. United StatesPractice operations

    Referral leakage: when specialty care is ordered but never booked

    A referral that never becomes an appointment is silent care and revenue loss. How US specialty operators close the order-to-book gap.
  7. United StatesPractice operations

    Closing AWV gaps without nagging patients

    US Medicare Annual Wellness Visit gaps close with eligibility work and measured outreach—not more nagging. A practice playbook for consent-aware AWV follow-up.
  8. CanadaTechnology

    Voice AI scheduling for Canadian clinics

    Voice AI scheduling for Canadian clinics: bounded booking policy, PIPEDA/CASL framing, and why the phone still carries load when online booking lags.
  9. CanadaPractice operations

    Virtual care access in Ontario: what OHIP actually covers

    Ontario OHIP funds video and phone visits under Comprehensive vs Limited rules — access still fails if booking and confirmation paths break.
  10. AustraliaGeneral practice

    Skin checks in Australian general practice: what Medicare covers

    Australia has the world's highest melanoma rate, and skin checks start with the GP, not a dermatologist. What Medicare funds, and what recall catches.
  11. United KingdomAccess

    Access recovery: contact loops practices still control

    UK GP practices cannot rewrite the whole NHS, but they can still own contact loops—callbacks, online triage handoffs, and booked next steps that recover access locally.
  12. United KingdomPractice operations

    Winter pressures on GP practices in England: what breaks first

    NHS winter letters, BMA workforce strain and May 2026 appointment books show the same pattern: demand rises, phones saturate, DNA waste capacity. What practices can control.
  13. United StatesAccess

    Primary-care no-shows: a practical playbook

    A US primary-care playbook for no-shows: what trials actually moved rates, how to target outreach, and which metrics prove the slot was protected.
  14. United StatesPrimary care

    PHQ-9 screening in US primary care: flow and follow-up

    USPSTF gives depression screening a B grade for adults — the operational gap is what happens after a positive PHQ-9. Build the follow-up path before you scale.
  15. CanadaHealth system data

    Canada's priority wait times are not clinic phone access

    CIHI's 2025 report shows more priority surgeries than 2019 and longer MRI waits. Those benchmarks do not measure whether a clinic answered the phone.

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