Referral (medicine), the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 12 relations: Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals, Clinician, Family medicine, General practice, GP Liaison, Health care, ICPC-2 PLUS, International Classification of Primary Care, Medicine, Primary care, Sexually transmitted infection, Walk-in clinic.

2. General practice

Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals

The Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals (CPR) is a taxonomy focused on defining and grouping together situations requiring a referral from pharmacists to physicians (and vice versa) regarding the pharmacotherapy used by the patients.

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Clinician

A clinician is a health care professional typically employed at a skilled nursing facility or clinic. Referral (medicine) and clinician are medicine stubs.

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Family medicine

Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. Referral (medicine) and family medicine are general practice.

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General practice

General practice is personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care that includes diagnosis, continues over time and is anticipatory as well as responsive.

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GP Liaison

A GP Liaison (also: General Practice Liaison Officer or GPLO) is a manager or management team facilitating a close working relationship between hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) in the community. Referral (medicine) and gP Liaison are general practice.

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Health care

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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ICPC-2 PLUS

ICPC-2 PLUS is an extended terminology classified to ICPC-2 International Classification of Primary Care, which aids data entry, retrieval and analysis.

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International Classification of Primary Care

The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) is a classification method for primary care encounters. Referral (medicine) and International Classification of Primary Care are general practice.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Primary care

Primary care is a model of care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care.

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Sexually transmitted infection

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.

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Walk-in clinic

A walk-in clinic (also known as a walk-in centre) is a medical facility that accepts patients on a walk-in basis and with no appointment required. Referral (medicine) and walk-in clinic are general practice.

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See also

General practice

• AskMyGP
• Clinical handover
• Family medicine
• GP Fundholding
• GP Liaison
• GP Patient Survey
• General Practice Administration System for Scotland
• General Practice Extraction Service
• General Practice Vocational Training Scheme
• General practice
• General practitioner
• General practitioners
• International Classification of Primary Care
• Lawler's Tavern
• Physical examination
• Physician self-referral
• Practice management
• Prime Minister's Challenge Fund
• Push Doctor
• Quality Practice Award
• Read code
• Referral (medicine)
• Sessional GP
• Smoking cessation
• Social prescribing
• The Waldron
• Urgent care center
• Walk-in clinic
• Worried well

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referral_(medicine)

Also known as Doctor's referral, Doctors referral, Patient referral, Physician referral, Provider referral.