Overview
The External Practitioners section allows you to manage healthcare providers outside your practice who refer patients to you or receive referrals from you. This feature helps maintain an organized database of your professional network.
Available Configuration Areas
External Practitioners
This section lets you manage individual external healthcare providers:
- Create profiles for referring doctors and specialists
- Store contact information including address, phone, and email
- Track provider numbers for referral documentation
- Manage relationships with external healthcare providers
- Easily access external practitioner details when creating referrals
External Practitioner Types
This section allows you to organize external practitioners by specialty or role:
- Create categories such as General Practitioner, Neurologist, Orthopedic Surgeon, etc.
- Customize practitioner types based on your referral network
- Assign types to practitioners for easy filtering and searching
- Organize your referral network by specialty
Benefits
Maintaining a well-organized external practitioner database helps:
- Streamline the referral process
- Ensure accurate contact information for communications
- Maintain professional relationships with your referral network
- Simplify the creation of referral letters and documentation
Click on either tile to access the specific area you wish to manage.