Gail D'Onofrio noted that in this context, we use "referral" to mean sending a patient to a specialized treatment facility. However, in emergency medicine, everyone gets a referral-to primary care, a clinic follow-up, or another health or social service.
Gail D'Onofrio said that we use "referral" to mean sending a patient to a specialist while in emergency medicine, everyone gets referred to primary care, or other follow-up.