“Referral Guidance” is a web based knowledge system which serves to support a provider’s decision making process. It consists of 250 conditions and disease algorithms that are evidence based spanning 15 medical and surgical specialties. This simple, quick, and easy to use tool is not meant to replace the physicians’ judgment but rather support their decision making process before making a subspecialty referral. It serves as an educational tool..

Care to Care’s new Referral Guidance program will improve patient care by decreasing the number of inappropriate and untimely specialty referrals, thus reducing wasted time and expense. Patients are diagnosed more quickly, unnecessary tests and office visits are avoided, and diagnosis and treatment are expedited. Not only does the office, health plan and user benefit, the patient benefits as well. Patients are diagnosed more quickly, unnecessary test are avoided and patients have less out of pocket costs and or missed time from work. The program includes Care to Care oversight and powerful analytics with monitoring for adoption and insight into savings.