Sending one or more referrals at one time

  • If you haven't already, from 4Next standalone:
  1. Click Cases Sent on the main menu.
  1. Click the patient name to select a case.
  • If you haven't already, from DHeCare (Epic Hyperspace):
  1. Log in to the Case Management or Care Coordinator module.
  2. From the patient encounter, click the 4Next tab.
  • Click Manage to display the case management view.

Sending multiple referrals at one time 

From the Manage view, you can send referrals that were saved as drafts, removed, or retracted.

video playVideo: Send draft referrals 

  1. Click checkbox clear provider name to select one at a time, or click checkbox clear in the heading for the need to select all providers for the need. 
  2. Click send referral.
  3. All of the providers you checked off checkbox checked are listed.
  • A provider is flagged referral flagged if the referral is active and already sent. Their checkbox is inactivated checkbox inactivated so 4Next won't try to send them another.  
  • To keep from sending a referral to any one on the list, click to uncheck checkbox clear the box for a provider.
  1. Click next.
  2. If the providers are all for the same need, a referral message appropriate for the services needed is automatically included in the text. If the planned discharge date is not in the discharge orders, the date is left blank for you to add. Type to edit or add to the message as appropriate.

  3. To flag the message as requiring immediate action, click Priority switch off to turn the Priority switch on: Priority switch on.

  4. Click next.

  5. By default, the Facesheet and Referral Summary are the documents selected to share.

  • Click and drag a document from available to shared or vice versa to add or remove documents to share.
  • Click move all to SHARED to share all available documents.
  • For obstetric mother/baby couplets who are going to have a one-time nursing visit at home, include the EMD Form; remove the EMD Form for other types of discharges.
  • Click move all to AVAILABLE to clear the shared documents list.

  1. To include attachments, click toggle off Share Attachments. To remove attachments, click toggle on Share Attachments.

    video playVideo: Share attachments

    Attachments must be added manually to the case Details. For instructions, see:

  2. Click send.

The Manage view for the case displays each of the selected providers as  Sent icon Sent. The message you sent is added to the Messages icon messages list, and the Documents icon documents section is updated for each selected provider. The Communicate message list is also updated.

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