Completing a client's open referrals
You can review all of the client's open referrals since they were first registered in the application and check the detail of the client's referral history. Then you can take actions to disposition unassigned client referrals and referrals that are specifically assigned to you.
About this task
To complete actions on a client's referrals, the referral must be assigned to your organization unit and you must be a care team member that has at least one assigned care team role.
- For unassigned client referrals, you can assign the referral to your care or to another primary care team member (if an active client), or you can reactivate the client in the application and assign the referral to you or to another primary care team member (if an inactive client).
- For client referrals that are specifically assigned to you, you can accept the referral for care management or assign the referred client to a program. By assigning the client to a program, you automatically accept the referral.
- For client referrals that are incorrect or incorrectly assigned, you can reject the referral.
You cannot action client referrals that care teams send to external recipients for management. These referrals are managed in a system external to Watson Care Manager and are displayed in the client's Referral History with a status of Requested.
If one or more care team groups were added to the referral when it was assigned, all members of the group(s) are automatically added to the client's care team when you or another primary care team member accepts the referral.