Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 A few days back, someone asked for an example of what we considered to be a " bad " referral. It usually means the referring provider (we have many " providers " rather than physicians in our area) put no thought into it-- headaches that began in the setting or significant psychosocial stressors (i.e. real examples-- the patient was raped, lost a spouse, relative committed suicide) Or a routine referral for something that was urgent (i.e. referral for temporal arteritis that wasn't faxed until 2 days after the patient was seen in that provider's office or the patient who practically crawled into the office because he became rapidly unnable to walk over the course of a week (cancer causing cord compresison). A referral is rarely a bad one if the referring provider took a reasonable history. Hope that post wasn't offensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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