SCI Gateway V17 End User Guide - SCI - Scottish Care Information

SCI GATEWAY 17.0USER GUIDEGENERATING & SENDING MESSAGESPriority of ReferralsA referral requires a priority to be set depending on how soon the referrer deems itnecessary for the patient to be seen. Generally the default setting is ‘Routine’ and thesender has to actively select an alternative status when required in the protocol as shownbelow:Statuses for Referrals are:StatusRoutineWorklist Icon/FlagNo IconSoon – only available in selected health boardsUrgentUrgent –Suspected CancerAdviceIf you do not have any of your required priorities in your protocols contact your localsystem administrator More information on the urgent suspicion of cancer referral categoryand cancer waiting times data and definitions can be found athttp://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Publications/Ó Crown Copyright 2013 3-20