Improving Communication about Hospitalized Referral Patients

specialist physicianstotheneeds ofreferring physicians (RP's), and to facilitatethis communication process. According to thestandards, direct communication between BWHspecialists and RP's is required when various non-routineclinical eventshappentoreferredpatients.The BICS (Brigham Integrated Computing System)inpatient referral advisory project was designed toimprove compliance with the standards, to remindbusy BWHspecialists about these important inpatientevents, and to facilitate their regular communicationwithreferringphysicians.Strategy. Computer-based advisories are generatedwhenareferral patienthasanyofthe followingevents:urgent admission