Referring a patient to Carle
The toll-free Physician
Access Line (PAL) remains your connection for all your referral needs.
- Press 1 to
schedule an outpatient appointment with a Carle specialist. Staff is
available weekdays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- Press 2 for
hospital admits or transfers.
- After you provide the
necessary information, a Physician Access Line nurse will:
- Contact the
appropriate accepting physician to connect with you via a conference
call.
- Coordinate with the
house officer for appropriate bed placement for your patient.
- Stay on the
telephone line during the conference call to gather additional
information to:
- Facilitate the
patient admission/transfer
- Accept
admission orders to transmit to the hospital unit receiving the
patient, to expedite care delivery, if the admitting physician
prefers this to calling the floor directly.
- Continue to
update you on the status of delayed or more complex
admissions/transfers
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