How to Refer a Patient
UW Health is dedicated to developing and maintaining strong working relationships with referring health care professionals and to making the referral process as efficient as possible.
Whether you would like to seek the opinion of a UW Health physician, transfer a patient to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics or check on your patient's status, we are here to serve you.
We recognize the importance of the relationship that you have with your patient and seek to honor that relationship by providing the best possible care and keeping you apprised of our progress.
UW Hospital and Clinics and the American Family Children's Hospital offer services at 80 different specialty clinics. In order to assist you with referring a patient, we have streamlined the referral process by creating one form and one fax number for you to use to request an appointment:
How to Request an Outpatient Clinic Appointment (the form and the process)
The Access Center: Help with Admissions and Referrals
UW Hospital and Clinics has created the Access Center to handle all issues surrounding patient admissions and referrals. Referring physicians can use the Access Center to:
- Obtain rapid consultations with specialty staff
- Refer patients on an outpatient or inpatient basis
- Get assistance in scheduling clinic appointments
Call the Access Center at (608) 263-6796 or (800) 472-0111.
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