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Referral and Consultation
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Definition of 'Referral and Consultation'The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide. Common names: Referral and Consultation; Consultation and Referral; Gatekeepers, Health Service; Health Service Gatekeepers; Gatekeeper, Health Service; Health Service Gatekeeper; Second Opinion; Opinion, Second; Opinions, Second; Second Opinions; Referral; Referrals; Consultation; Consultations |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age.
29 Nov 2009 
The Human Genome Project will change how health is defined and how disease is prevented, diagnosed, and treated. As the largest group of health care providers in contact with patients, nurses need to be competent in the science of genetics. Beyond ... Read more...
Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations.
30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: No studies have previously evaluated factors associated with high stress levels and poor communication performance in breaking bad news (BBN) consultations. This study determined factors that were most strongly related to doctors' stress ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 For interlaboratory second opinions requested by patients or clinicians, whether all or selected slides should be sent is unknown. We compared the disagreement rate for requested second opinions for 4 years of sending selected slides with the rate ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Referral and Consultation'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Nursing advocacy in a postgenomic age. 29 Nov 2009
- Doctors' stress responses and poor communication performance in simulated bad-news consultations. 30 Oct 2009
- Should pathologists send all or only selected slides for patient-requested interlaboratory second opinion? 30 Oct 2009
- Rapidity of rheumatology consultation for people in an early inflammatory arthritis cohort.
30 Oct 2009 - Telemedicine using smartphones for oral and maxillofacial surgery consultation, communication, and treatment planning. 30 Oct 2009
- Rotavirus vaccines for infants in developing countries in Africa and Asia: considerations from a world health organization-sponsored consultation. 30 Oct 2009
- A review of rotavirus infection in and vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. 30 Oct 2009
- Physicians' experience and satisfaction with chaplains: a national survey. 24 Oct 2009
- NCEPOD report on acute kidney injury-must do better. 22 Oct 2009
- Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice. 18 Oct 2009
- Predictors of delayed referral to a pediatric rheumatology center. 13 Oct 2009
- Evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule. 13 Oct 2009
- Surgeon recommendations and receipt of mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer. 12 Oct 2009
- Go and see. 7 Oct 2009
- Devaluing a specialty: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal to eliminate consultation codes. 29 Sep 2009
- Safe, efficient, and cost-effective orthognathic surgery in the outpatient setting. 29 Sep 2009
- Building nonhospital-based platforms for ambulatory orthognathic surgery: facility, anesthesia, and price considerations. 29 Sep 2009
- Factors related to time to admission to specialized multidisciplinary clinics in patients with congestive heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
- [Establishment of Networks of National Reference Centres and associated Consiliary Laboratories in Germany] 29 Sep 2009
- Prioritizing neurosurgical education for pediatricians: results of a survey of pediatric neurosurgeons. 29 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Referral and Consultation'
Definition: The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.
Descriptor UI: D012017
Alternative terms: Referral and Consultation; Consultation and Referral; Gatekeepers, Health Service; Health Service Gatekeepers; Gatekeeper, Health Service; Health Service Gatekeeper; Second Opinion; Opinion, Second; Opinions, Second; Second Opinions; Referral; Referrals; Consultation; Consultations; Hospital Referral; Referrals, Hospital; Hospital Referrals; Referral, Hospital;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N04.452.758.849;
History Note: 68