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Electronic medical referral system: A forum-based approach
2011
2011 IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services
In the medical field, it is common practice for physicians to refer to and consult one another to complete patients' medical treatment. The transfer of a patient from one physician to another is termed a referral. Medical referrals are not straightforward; a successful referral requires finding an available physician with the proper specialty. The focus of this paper is to understand the workflow of the referral process in Canada's public healthcare system, and propose a health informatics
doi:10.1109/health.2011.6026740
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