Emergency Department Referral Profile: Difference between revisions

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The Emergency Department Referral Profile (EDR) provides a means to communicate medical summary data from an EHR System to an EDIS System.

Summary

Physicians frequently determine that patients either onsite, or calling in, should proceed directly to an emergency department for care. The referring physician has valuable data that can inform ED providers, including the history of the current problem, past medical problems, medications, allergies, and frequently a concrete assessment and plan for the patient such as hospital admission. This profile supports the creation of an ED Referral; including the nature of the current problem, past medical history, and medications. Upon arrival of the patient to the ED, the patient is identified as a referral, and the transfer document is incorporated into the EDIS.

This profile may be used to cover a wide variety of ED referral situations, for example, primary care provider to ED Referral, Long term care to ED referral, or even ED to ED referral (as in the case of transfer from a level 2 Critical care facility to a level 1 facility).

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Benefits

There are nearly 5000 EDs in US, and a significant percentage of ED visits are referrals. There is shortage of critical health data for emergency department patients.

This profile improves communication of intended patient care plans to ED providers and ensure that no pertinent data is lost.
It streamlines workflow by obviating telephone calls between busy clinicians.

Details

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Systems Affected

EHR System
EDIS System

References

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+Physicians frequently determine that patients either onsite, or calling in, should proceed directly to an emergency department for care. The referring physician has valuable data that can inform ED providers, including the history of the current problem, past medical problems, medications, allergies, and frequently a concrete assessment and plan for the patient such as hospital admission.   This profile supports the creation of an ED Referral; including the nature of the current problem, past medical history, and medications. Upon arrival of the patient to the ED, the patient is identified as a referral, and the transfer document is incorporated into the EDIS.
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+This profile may be used to cover a wide variety of ED referral situations, for example, primary care provider to ED Referral, Long term care to ED referral, or even ED to ED referral (as in the case of transfer from a level 2 Critical care facility to a level 1 facility).
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 ==See Also==
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+The [[Frameworks#IHE Patient Care Coordination Technical Framework| Patient Care Coordination Technical Framework]] is the official master document for this Profile.
-The [[Profile FAQ Template]] answers typical questions about what the Profile does.
+The [[EDR FAQ]] answers typical questions about what the Profile does.
-The [[Profile Purchasing Template]] describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.
+The [[EDR Purchasing]] describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.
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