Report:  Referral Summary

 

(Topic Last Updated On:  05/05/2010)

 

This report displays a breakdown of patient referral totals over a selected date range, based on referrals entered on the Make Referral screen.  Referral totals are presented in number and percentage, and broken down by treatment event, referral type, patient phase level, and referral agency.  Additional statistics include the total number of patients provided referral agency contact information broken down by referral type, and the number of patients referred from the Waiting List.  This report is generally used to review referral statistics over extended date ranges, and/or provided to governing/auditing bodies.

 

 

Report Sections/Breakdowns Explanations

 

Referrals (by Treatment Event)

This section displays a breakdown of referral totals by the treatment event selected for each in the 'Referral is part of' field on the Make Referral screen.

Referrals by Type

This section displays a breakdown of referral totals by the 'Referral Type(s)' selected for each on the Make Referral screen, which correspond to the defined types for each agency on the Referral Agencies screen.

Referrals by Phase

This section displays a breakdown of referral totals by each referred patient's 'Phase Type', selected for each patient on the Dosing Information screen.

Patient Given Referral Contact Information by Type

This section displays a breakdown of referral totals by the number of referrals entered with the 'Contact Information Provided' field checked on the Make Referral screen.  A subsequent breakdown is then displayed for either option, 'Yes' (contact info was provided) and 'No' (contact info was not provided), breaking down the 'Yes' and 'No' totals by 'Referral Type(s)'.

Referrals From Waiting List

This section displays the number and percentage of patient referrals made for people on the waiting list, which is determined by the number of people on the Waiting List changed to a 'Status' of 'Referred to another facility' on the Waiting List screen during the selected criteria date range.

Referral Agency Name

This section displays a breakdown of referral totals by the 'Referral Agency' selected for each on the Make Referral screen.

 

Report Field Explanations

 

Total

This field displays the total number of patient referrals for each section of this report.

 

Criteria Explanations

 

From Date

This parameter allows users to limit report data by displaying only patient referral totals for referrals with a 'Referral Date' on or after the date selected here.

To Date

This parameter allows users to limit report data by displaying only patient referral totals for referrals with a 'Referral Date' on or before the date selected here.