Referral Request

A Referral Request resource is used to capture a patient care referral or transfer request.

Sample Query

Find referrals to a particular practitioner:

https://fhir.careevolution.com/Master.Adapter1.WebClient/api/fhir/ReferralRequest?recipient=da196edf-5121-e611-8128-0a69c1b3225b

See the FHIR documentation for more information about Referral Request resources.

Referral Request resources support the following interactions.

When searching for Referral Request resources, the following search parameters are supported.

Name	Type	Prefixes Modifiers	Can be Chained?	Description
_id	Token			Resource id.
_lastUpdated	Date	ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap		When the resource last changed.
_source	Uri	:missing		Where the resource comes from.
date	Date	ne lt le gt ge sa eb ap :missing		Creation or activation date.
encounter	Reference	:missing	yes	Searches for referrals by their associated encounter.
patient	Reference	:missing	yes	The patient the ReferralRequest is about.
provenance-agent	Reference	:missing	yes	Search by provenance, specified by its author (aka originator) Organization.
recipient	Reference	:missing	yes	The person that the referral was sent to.
requester	Reference	:missing	yes	Requester of referral / transfer of care.
specialty	Token			The specialty that the referral is for.
status	Token	:missing		The status of the referral.

When searching Referral Request resources, it is possible to sort the returned values by the following search parameters.

Only one sort parameter may be specified.

When searching Referral Request resources, it is possible to include the resources referenced by the following field names.

Referral Request supports the following extended operations.