Methods Junior doctors on AAU were surveyed about their current experiences of specialty
referrals and suggestions were made as to how the system could be improved. An electronic …

Every day in hospitals around the world, millions of interspecialty referrals are made to
obtain advice on the optimal care and management of patients. In the UK, the brunt of this …

Interspecialty referrals are an essential part of most inpatient stays. With over 130 referrals
occurring per week at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, the process must be efficient …

From 1999 to 2009, US specialty referral volume roughly doubled, and by 2009, 16.6% of all
hospital-based outpatient visits resulted in a specialty referral. 1 Despite this rapid growth …

Junior doctors rotate through different specialities as part of their foundation and early
speciality training. One responsibility commonly shared by all specialities at all levels is that …

Background The system used within the haematology department at Hillingdon Hospital
relied on referrals conducted via pagers, potentially at any time and is a one-way form of …

Both the ease and the speed of the specialist referral process are major concerns for
patients and their primary care providers. Factors that slow the process decrease the …

Making referrals to other hospital specialties is one of the key duties of the foundation doctor,
which can be difficult and time consuming. In Ninewells hospital, Scotland, in our experience …

I recently had the opportunity to convert our practice referral forms into electronic format. This
is not only easy but saves time. Patient details and data can be imported straight from the …

Referrals are traditionally defined as sending a patient to another program or practitioner for
services or advice. The increasing adoption of electronic referral systems (eReferrals) …