Referral Guidelines
Sutter Physicians Alliance
The success of the Sutter Physicians Alliance (SPA) network rests firmly in our ability to maximize the efficiencies of the primary care physician/specialist interaction. The development of network specific referral guidelines is one vehicle that will facilitate improving our efficiency. The implementation of these guidelines will help achieve better relationships and customer satisfaction.
Please review the Referral Guideline documents below that were developed by each SPA specialty department. (Requires the free Adobe® Reader® product)
- Acute Delirium
- ADHD in Children & Adolescents
- Allergy
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Autism
- Bariatric
- Bariatric Surgery - Post Operative Management
- Breast MRI
- Cardiology
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Colonoscopy Attestation
- Dermatology
- Dementia
- Detection, Assessment, and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in the Primary Care Setting
- Ear, Nose & Throat
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- GYN
- Low Back Pain Management
- Managing Depression in Older Adults
- Nutritional Counseling for Obese Children
- Orthopedics
- Pain Management
- Pediatric Sleep Studies
- Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy
- Pittsburgh Knee Rules & Ottwa Ankle Rules
- Pneumonia
- Podiatry
- Psychosis
- Urology
- Wound Patient Classification Criteria