eConsult Service: A Web Based Tool for Nurse Practitioners

Original Presentation: October 10, 2017

NL BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation is a secure, web-based tool that allows primary care providers to submit non-urgent, patient specific questions to a participating specialist. Relevant diagnostic testing, images, photos, letters and any other documentation to help inform the consult process may be included. The request is processed and assigned to an appropriate consultant, who is asked to respond within seven days.

Presenter:
Jean Cook M.Sc. Project Coordinator, Clinical Stabilization Fund (CSF) Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association

Susan MacDonald MD, CCFP, PC, FCFP Associate Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine, Memorial University