The medical referral process: Why it fails and how to fix it
For clinicians, trainees, and health system leaders, the referral process is meant to connect patients to the specialty care they need. But in everyday practice, this bridge often feels like a maze. Many of us, whether as physicians in training or practicing providers, have watched patients become lost in delays, miscommunications, and inappropriate specialist visits that worsen outcomes rather than improve them.
The consequences of a broken system
In my own experience …
The medical referral process: Why it fails and how to fix it
