1 Scope
This European Prestandard specifies general messages for electronic information exchange
between computer systems used by healthcare parties requesting specialist services or receiving reports from specialist service departments.
1.2
Examples of requests for healthcare specialty services include:
referral of a patient from a GP to a hospital clinical specialist;
referral of a patient for direct entry for an open access procedure;
referral of a patient for direct entry onto an operation waiting list;
referral of a patient for emergency hospital admission (acute referral);
referral of a patient for treatment by a paramedical specialist;
referrals within a hospital from one specialist to another (tertiary referral);
referrals between hospitals or GPs and a community health service provider.
1.3
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