One: provide value to the physician.
Two: Make referring easy.
Do you want to get referrals from physicians? The first step is offering the referring doctor something of value. The best value that you can offer is helping the physician get better outcomes for patients.
Collaborative Care is a healthcare philosophy, but it is also an opportunity to grow your practice with referrals from physicians. Physicians care because patients with mental health challenges and chronic medical conditions do worse than emotionally healthy patients. Did you know that patients with a chronic medical condition and depression are 3.3 times more likely to be hospitalized than patients with the same condition who do not suffer from depression?
The second step is making referral easy. Traditionally, getting referrals from doctors was difficult because the primary care physician or specialist had to work hard to make the referral. When making the referral was time consuming and awkward, it just didn’t get done. But, collaboration doesn’t have to be difficult.
At TherapyEverywhere.com we have a partnership with Quartet Health that enables you to get referrals from physicians as part of a collaborative mental and physical health ecosystem. There is no cost to you.Key features of collaborative care include integration of mental health professionals in primary medical care, and close collaboration between mental health and medical/nursing providers.
Are you a licensed psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or counselor who is interested in using innovative technology that connects you to primary care providers and specialists for referrals and care coordination? Take advantage of Therapy Everywhere’s partnership with Quartet Health – click here to schedule a meeting and learn more.
Quartet Health is a company focused on building a collaborative mental and physical health ecosystem through modern technology and clinical resources. To learn more about how Quartet’s modern, no-cost software platform can help increase referrals from local primary care providers and specialists, enhance coordination of care, and reduce your administrative burden, click here. Collaborative care makes sense. It will help your practice grow, while you enable better physical and mental health outcomes.
If you are not in an area where Quartet Health has active operations but still want to get more referrals from physicians, reach out to us today. We can help.
Interested? Schedule a no-obligation meeting now and learn more. Have more questions but are not ready for a call yet? Just fill out the contact form and click Send.
We’re looking forward to helping you get more referrals and grow your practice!
The Therapy Everywhere Team