Closed-loop referral: how the data flows

A referral that disappears into a gap between providers is the failure mode the current system is built around. This brief describes the closed loop that replaces it: the provider who assesses, the specialist who might operate, and the physician who referred all see the same record.

When the assessment, the decision, and the outcome flow back along the same rails, the referrer stays informed, the specialist arrives pre-screened, and the health system sees the aggregate. The brief traces each hop and explains why a two-sided booking tool could not produce the same result.