Table 3 Medical reasons for SIPILINK requests over the first 9 months of use (November 2019-July 2020)
From: Designing and describing an electronic referral system to facilitate direct hospital admissions
Medical reason | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Biological abnormality | 23 | 18.5 |
COVID-19 hospital care | 20 | 16.1 |
COVID-19 advice | 18 | 14.5 |
Deteriorated state of health | 11 | 8.9 |
Hepato-gastroenterology | 7 | 5.6 |
Recurrent falls | 6 | 4.8 |
Therapeutic advice | 6 | 4.8 |
Cardiology | 4 | 3.2 |
Immunology | 4 | 3.2 |
Confusion – loss of autonomy | 4 | 3.2 |
Advice for biological interpretation | 4 | 3.2 |
Gynaecology | 3 | 2.4 |
Infectiology | 3 | 2.4 |
Oncology | 2 | 1.6 |
Diabetology | 2 | 1.6 |
Endocrinology | 2 | 1.6 |
Advice for antenatal diagnosis | 2 | 1.6 |
Nephrology | 1 | 0.8 |
Neurology | 1 | 0.8 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 1 | 0.8 |
Total | 124 | 100.0 |