Attention: Practice Manager
Re:Podiatrist Referral Form
Following are step by step instructions for the installation of the PodiatryReferral Form.
All referrals are received through our Head Office in Tauranga by a registered nurse, and forwarded to the individual Podiatrist or the clinic closest to the patient. Foot Mechanics Podiatrists will always reply to a referral after we have seen the patient so the referrer is kept informed of their referral.
Installing the Podiatry referral is a two step process:
- Step 1 the installation of the Referral Form onto MedTech 32
- Step 2 the adding of Foot Mechanics as a contact onto MedTech 32
NB: entering Foot Mechanics®into contacts enables your doctors to send their referrals electronically through Healthlink providing patient record privacy.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are experiencing any problems with the installation of the referral form or creating a new contact.
My contact details are:
Donna West
OPERATIONS MANAGER
FOOT MECHANICS
Ph: 07 579 4073
Kind Regards
STEP1:INSTALLING PODIATRY REFERRAL FORM INTO MEDTECH32
- Save the file “PODREF Podiatry Referral.mtd” that is on the CD onto your computer Desk Top.
- Open MedTech32
- Go to Setup, In/Out Box, Out Box Document.
This opens the table “Document Designer”. You do not need to do any thing with this table but it does need to stay open.
- Go to “Document” at the top of the screen
- Select“Import Disk”
- Click on OK
- Go to your Desk Top where you saved the file
- Select the file
- Click on Open
The Document will automatically install into MedTech as an Outbox document. There are fields within the document that will pre-populate information from the patient’s file.
When referring open the outbox document and send via Healthlink (EDI) to Foot Mechanics. The EDI address is: footmech
STEP 2:TO SET UP FOOT MECHANICS AS A CONTACT IN MEDTECH
By adding Foot Mechanics as a contact, the Foot Mechanics Healthlink address “footmech” will automatically populate when the referral form has been completed and is ready to be sent.
Depending on how you arrange your Med Tech contacts determines what information goes into which fields.
If your contacts are set up to be listed by surname then follow the steps below. If your contacts are set up to be listed by profession or medical specialty then you will need to make alterations. Suggestion for alternative are in a text box titled ALTERNATIVEbelow.
- Select the Address Book icon
- Your Address Book will open
- Select new address book entry
- The screen will look like:
- Fill in the fields as below:
You may need to add “Podiatrist” as a Speciality and add “Lower Limb Health” as an Expertise. (this is found under Setup / Agencies)
- Select the “Address Details” tab fill in the details as below:
- Select the “Postal Address Tab” and fill in as below:
- Now that you have Foot Mechanics Podiatry as a contact you can go back into the Outbox Document in the Document Designer table and enter Foot Mechanics into the “Refer to:” line.
This step is the final step in making a referral to Podiatry quick and easy inGeneral Practice, as it will automatically link the Contact to the Outbox Document ready for sending.
If you have any difficulties either importing the referral form or adding Foot Mechanics as a contact please do not hesitate to give me a call
Donna West
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Foot Mechanics
Ph: 07 579 4073
Foot Mechanics Head Office Phone: 0800 436 686 Email: