Refer Patient screen: Referral Details section
Veterinarians can use the Refer Patient screen to refer patients to a specialty or emergency practice. The Referral Details section of the screen has information about the reason for the referral and applicable service or doctor for the patient.
Note: Specialty and emergency practices can change the boxes that show in the Refer Patient screen. As a result, the sections can be different when you refer patients to different practices.
Note: Specialty and emergency practices can change which boxes are necessary for you to use. Each box that is necessary to use has an asterisk (*) adjacent to its name.
This image shows an example of the Referral Details section:
Boxes of the Referral Details section
This table gives each box in the Referral Details section and how to use it.
| Box | How to use the box |
|---|---|
| Referral Practice | Use Referral Practice to select the practice that you want to refer the patient to. Note: This field only shows if the practice has more than one hospital location. |
| Specialty Service for Referral | Use Specialty Service for Referral to select the department that you want to refer the patient to. |
| Urgent Referral | If the referral is an emergency, set Urgent Referral to Yes. |
| Request Specific Doctor | Use Request Specific Doctor to enter the name of the veterinarian that you want to refer the patient to. |
| Appointment Schedule Preference | Use Appointment Schedule Preference to select the method for the client to contact the practice. |
| Reason for Referral/Primary Complaint | Use Reason for Referral/Primary Complaint to enter the cause of the referral. |
| Expectation for this case | Use Expectation for this case to select the treatment that you want the practice to give to the patient. |
| Additional Comments | Use Additional Comments to enter more patient information that you want the practice to know. |
| More boxes | If more information is necessary, a practice can add a maximum of five more boxes to the Referral Details section. Use the boxes to add the specified information. |