FrancisSBalucanMDMBA, FACP
Internal Medicine • Nashville, TNHome Based Primary Care Physician for the High Need Population
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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-290-7264Fax+1 615-936-0605
Summary
- Dr. Francis Balucan is a general internist in Nashville, TN, working as a home-based primary care physician for the high-need, high-cost population. He was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center and previously at Indiana University Health. He did his internal medicine residency at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine / JJP VA Medical Center program. He received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and has practiced for 13 years. He specializes in general internal medicine and hospital medicine/hospitalist and is experienced in cardiology and health technology/informatics.
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Bronx)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2013- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
University of the Philippines College of MedicineClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2017 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2017 - 2018
IN State Medical License 2013 - 2017- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Characterizing hospitalization trajectories in the high-need, high-cost population using electronic health record data.Scott S Lee, Benjamin French, Francis Balucan, Michael D McCann, Eduard E Vasilevskis
Health Affairs Scholar. 2023-12-01 - Screening for the High-Need Population Using Single Institution Versus State-Wide Admissions Discharge Transfer Feed.Francis Salvador Balucan, Benjamin French, Yaping Shi, Sunil Kripalani, Eduard E Vasilevskis
Research Square. 2023-03-16 - Telemedicine for the hospitalist: Expanding telemedicine beyond outpatient and subspecialty use.Francis Balucan, Michelle Lewis
Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2022-04-01
Journal Articles
- Characterizing hospitalization trajectories in the high-need, high-cost population using electronic health record dataScott S Lee, Benjamin French, Francis Balucan, Michael D McCann, Eduard E Vasilevskis, Health Affairs Scholar, 12/6/2023
Press Mentions
Familiar Faces Reduce ReadmissionsJuly 20th, 2022
Grant Support
- ‘Differentiating Modifiable vs. Unmodifiable Hospital Utilization in the High-need, High-cost Population Using EHR DataAgency for Health Research and Quality2023
- – Loneliness and Outcomes in the High Need High Cost PopulationNational Institute of Aging - Center for Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations2022–2023
- Health Equity GrantVanderbilt Center for Health Services Research2021–2022
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Society for Hospital MedicineMember
Other Languages
- Filipino, Spanish
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