Forms and referrals

Important update

Primary Sense will be replacing the Pen CS systems CAT4 and Topbar in May 2023. Primary Sense is an evidence based clinical audit and decision support tool that provides on demand, pre-filtered reports at the click of a button.

From November 2022 your practice can gain access to Primary Sense. Simply complete the online form and our team will be in touch. For further information, visit our webpage.

On this page:

This page contains referral templates for several conditions, and to the major specialist outpatient departments for Medical Director, Best Practice Genie, Zedmed and PDF format, if available. These resources are provided to assist practices in the development of quality referrals and to allow for appropriate triage and categorisation of patients.

Smart Referrals
Smart Referrals are digital referrals integrated with Best Practice and Medical Director software to enable faster, streamlined management of referrals to Queensland public hospitals. Register here for smart referrals.

How to install templates

Please ensure you read the importing instructions prior to installing these templates. If you need any assistance with these templates, please contact support@bsphn.org.au.

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN the templates until they have been imported into your clinical software as this will corrupt the coding. Word and PDF files cannot be imported into medical software.

Resources

Templates

The templates provided by us are for your personal use only and must not be redistributed without permission. They have been tested with Version 1.8.4.642 of Best Practice and Version MD3.16 of Medical Director.

Metro South Health

The Metro South Health Central Referral Hub provides a single point of entry for all new referrals.

For information about referring to Metro South via the Central Referral Hub please see Refer Your Patient.

Further information and referral details can be found here.

Further information and contact details can be found here.

Mater Hospital

Mater Hospital referral templates can be downloaded below:

Aged Care

Child, youth and family

Below is a link to Children Health Queensland’s Out-of-Home Care health and development assessment templates including:

  • Preliminary Health Checks
  • Comprehensive Health and Developmental Assessments

Click here to access CHQ’s templates

Maternity care

Domestic and family violence

Chronic conditions

Mental health

The Head to Health Phone Service is the preferred referral pathway for consumers in the Brisbane south region. Brisbane South PHN has commissioned Neami National to deliver the service locally. Learn more about the service and access the PDF referral form here.

Allied health

Review process

Templates are reviewed every 6 months or when required. Please check to see if there have been updates. Feedback and suggestions are welcome via email to ehealth@bsphn.org.au with ‘Templates’ as the subject.