Our Approach

Please fax referral and any supporting documents to:

403-343-6215

 

Please include the following information in the referral:

• Patient’s name, Alberta health care number, date of birth

• Valid contact information, including phone numbers and address

• Parent/guardian names

• All relevant clinic notes, investigations and reports

• Growth charts including actual height, weight and head circumference values

• Your clinic’s contact information (phone, address and fax number).

• Your valid PRACID

 

Our office will notify you by fax when the referral is received and once we have booked the appointment with the family.

If you want to send referral to a specific pediatrician, please address your referral letter to that pediatrician.

 

Referrals addressed to Pediatric Consultants Associated Central Alberta Inc. or without a designated pediatrician mentioned will be navigated by our Medical Office Assistants.  Depending upon the pediatrician's booking process, the MOA will either send the referral for triage or will book with the next available pediatrician.

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In cases where one pediatrician's wait time substantially exceeds others, the pediatrician may direct the MOA to transfer the referral to the next available pediatrician, or the family may be offered the choice of seeing a different pediatrician with a shorter wait time or be added to the cancellation list of the original pediatrician referred to.

There may be a need for a subsequent referral to see the pediatrician if the patient's previous chart has been closed. Re-referrals reasons may include, but are not confined to the following:

• Patient has not been seen in follow up within the recommended timeframe, resulting in the closure of their chart, typically after 1 year.

• The original reason for the referral has been resolved, but a new issue has arisen.

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A referral for a second opinion, will be reviewed by the specified new pediatrician.  After reviewing, our office may contact referring physician for additional information before second opinion referral is accepted.

After the patient's appointment, our pediatricians will complete a consult report and fax back to your office within several days, often the same day as the patient's appointment.

 

Please be advised that some pediatricians will also provide a copy of follow-up visit reports, too.

 

If you did not receive a consult report, please call our office at 403-343-6404 to ensure that we have your correct clinic contact information.

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Please note that we adhere to the CPSA's Referral Consultation Standard of Practice.

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