[Referral and consultation process between family medicine and continuous medical attention]

Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2019 Mar 15;56(6):513-515.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The process of sending patients between the outpatient service of family medicine and the continuous medical care service at the IMSS is well established in the various internal systems as well as in the applicable mexican official standards, but it is necessary for the personnel involved to know it well in order to avoid setbacks during the reference and counter-reference process within the unit.

El proceso de envío de pacientes entre el servicio de consulta externa de medicina familiar y el servicio de atención médica continua en el IMSS se encuentra bien establecido en los diversos ordenamientos internos así como en las normas oficiales mexicanas aplicables, pero es necesario que el personal involucrado lo conozca bien con el fin de evitar contratiempos durante el proceso de referencia-contrareferencia dentro de la unidad.

Keywords: Family Practice; Ambulatory Care; Referral and Consultation.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Ambulatory Care* / organization & administration
  • Continuity of Patient Care* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Continuity of Patient Care* / organization & administration
  • Emergency Medical Services* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Emergency Medical Services* / organization & administration
  • Family Practice* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Family Practice* / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Mexico
  • Referral and Consultation* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Referral and Consultation* / organization & administration