Benefits of the e-Referral Service API

Whether you’re looking for the right technology to streamline your referral process, enhance your services, or improve patient outcomes, the e-Referral Service API can be a part of your healthcare solution.

Some of the benefits of using our API are:

Integration allows the access of data from different systems in an optimised way.

It can automate manual tasks to create an effortless transition between systems, leading to an increase in productivity.

Using our application-restricted endpoints, you can:

• automate the download of referral attachments and clinical referral information
• automate the download of advice and guidance summary information and advice conversations
• save manual effort in download and upload, or scanning, of the referral letter
• remove the need to re-key the same data
• reduce data entry errors
• speed up document processing

Integration offers a seamless experience for your users.

Using our API, healthcare professionals can access e-RS functionality and data from one system. Taking away the need to have multiple applications and web browsers open.

Integration can also foster innovation in new user interfaces and inventive solutions to solve real-world problems. For example: automatically registering a patient in an Electronic Patient Record or Patient Administration System (PAS) when a triage referral is received at a provider organisation.

Our API follows the global FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard for healthcare data exchange. Meaning that data can securely flow between applications.

For example, when a patient has an x-ray taken the images can be available on multiple systems. Allowing access for healthcare professionals, whenever and wherever they need it.

FHIR:

• is fast and easy to use
• is flexible and interoperability comes out-of-the-box
• makes use of well-known web technologies (XML, JSON, HTTP, and OAuth), meaning your developers may already have the skills to start development

Having the right information at the right time helps improve decision-making.

By integrating with the e-RS, your users will have access to real-time referral and clinical data.

Using innovative solutions, healthcare professionals could use decision support applications to provide important information for improving healthcare outcomes.

Our API is used widely across different care settings throughout the NHS.

Partners accredited for production access are:

• Accenda
• Answer Digital
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Civica
• Community Health and Eyecare Limited
• Consultant Connect
• Dedalus
• DXS International
• Epic Systems Corporation
• EyeV Limited
• FDS Consultants
• Fortrus Limited
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• IMS Maxims
• Intersystems
• Isla Healthcare Limited
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Medicus Health Limited
• Milton Keynes NHS Foundation Trust
• Mon Medical Limited
• NEC Software Solutions
• Nervecentre Software
• Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust
• NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU
• One Advanced
• Open Medical
• Oracle Health
• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
• WASP

You can find out more about the benefits of an e-RS API integration by reading our case study about Imperial College Healthcare.

Start your integration journey on our API pages.