here’s what people are saying
2011 Q2
Referalink is being tested by Case Managers at an Aetna Patient Centered Medical Home.
2011 Q1
Our staff completed a time study of one our Atlanta based customers that shows use of Referalink. This study shows that use of Referalink improves staff efficiency by 40%.
2008 Q3
Referalink is adding 2 new patient and report tracking services along with a flat rate financial model.
Available in September 2008 Referalink’s call center will begin contacting patients. For every referral or order, we will call each patient up to 2 times. We will ask the patient if they have made an appointment as requested. Appointment time and date will be entered into Referalink if available or documentation of non-compliance. If no appointment has been confirmed 30 days after referral date, the referral or order will automatically display an alert flag.Starting in October 2008, every order and referral sent through the Referalink Network will include a fax cover sheet requesting the “referred to” provider to fax the consultation report. Referalink will electronically match the report with the patient entry in ReferaLink and display an alert flag if a report is more than 30 days late.
Referalink is charging $50 per physician per month for our traditional precert/authorization service and these two new services. Existing customers will have to convert to this flat rate model to take advantage of these new services.
2008 Q1
The Joint Commission and WHO - Patient Safety Solutions statement on "Communication during Patient Hand-Overs" can be found here. Referalink passes patient-specific information from one caregiver to another. Referalink will also reduce malpractice risk by tracking high risk patients and reports.
2006 Q3
ReferaLink‘s new role as a complete out-patient tracking system is implemented on Emory Healthcare’s main campus. The primary medical clinic is connected to the medical subspecialties via ReferaLink. The system allows complete referral management using efficient electronic messaging and shared patient data.
2006 Q2
ReferaLink Network receives broad patent allowances for its information system used for processing referrals and pre-certifications.
2004 Q4
MedQuest Inc. uses ReferaLink banner ads for three months during the initial launch of their Pediatric Imaging Services in Atlanta, GA. Analysis of referrals showed that ReferaLink ads resulted in exposed practices sending 50% of their CT/MRI imaging requests to MedQuest facilities.
2003 Q4
The initial concepts for the ReferaLink Network are being created from ReferaLink. ReferaLink Network will become a system of complete out-patent care management, rather than simply authorization processing. The system is constructed so that demand for advertisement, driven by the immense value of referrals and doctor’s orders for specialists and diagnostic facilities, will become a revenue source.
2003 Q1
Piedmont Physicians Group in Atlanta, GA becomes ReferaLink’s next multi-clinic customer.
2002 Q1
Two new customers are added: South Florida’s Pediatric Associates, the nation’s largest privately owned pediatric practice, and Tenet/AMC in Atlanta.
2001 Q3
ReferaLink is now processing authorizations in six Emory Healthcare primary clinics, and volume has tripled from 200Q2. Analysis demonstrates a hard cost savings of 300% for multi-clinic customers.
2001 Q1
ReferaLink Network (then Zansor Systems) is accepted into the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech, one of the top five business incubators in the country.
2000 Q3
ReferaLink and Emory Healthcare Systems collaborate to trial ReferaLink on a growing backlog of 1,000 referrals which is causing a 3 month delay for patients. The entire backlog is eliminated by ReferaLink in only six days.
1999 Q4
Beta testing demonstrates “proof of concept” for the authorization system. The number of authorization processed for medical offices, by ReferaLink, doubles over the next six months.
1999 Q1
ReferaLink Network (formerly Zansor Systems,LLC) is incorporated. A provisional patent is filed for an information system which allows a highly efficient means of outsourcing insurance authorization for medical referrals and pre-certifications.