Referral Types are used for reporting and gathering information about referrals INTO the practice.
These referral types represent the broad categories of referrals, while specific referral sources are tracked elsewhere in the record. For example, the Referral Type is Billboard, and the Referred By is “Corner of 5th and Main.”
Referral Type appears in the patient record and can be seen in the Patient Overview screen. Some sample referral types are already included; they can be added to, edited or deleted.
To add a referral type: