Class: Referral

Description of: Referral

Class steward is Inter-Enterprise (ADT/Finance/Inter-Enterprise)
Interested committees Patient Administration
An introduction of a patient from one caregiver to another caregiver or provider institution. The referral may authorize the patient to receive Healthcare services. A referral may authorize a specified quantity of a particular kind or level of service. A referral may also simply be a recommendation or introduction.

OpenIssue: What is the distinction between the reason_txt and the desc atriibutes? Their descriptions do not reveal the difference, nor does the class description.

Attribute definitions for: Referral

authorized_visits_qty ::

The number of authorized referral visits.

desc ::

Free form text describing the referral.

reason_txt ::

Free form text providing the reason for the referral.