For GPs & practice staff

HMR referral templates

Add our Home Medicines Review referral to your clinical software once, then refer in seconds from any patient's record. Free, and it works with Best Practice, MedicalDirector, Zedmed and most other systems.

HMR referral template

One A4 page · Rich Text Format (.rtf) · imports into your software's letter writer

Download template

Save the file to your computer. You don't need to open it first. Then follow the steps for your software below.

Not at your desk? Refer online in under two minutes or print a paper referral form.

Add it to your software

Choose your clinical software. It's a one-off job that takes about two minutes, and practice managers often do it once for the whole practice.

Best Practice

  1. Download the template above and save it somewhere easy to find, such as your desktop.
  2. In Best Practice, open the word processor: Utilities → Word processor, or press F4.
  3. Choose Templates → Import template, select Medsight-HMR-referral.rtf and click Open.
  4. Choose File → Save as and name it HMR referral – Medsight. Tick Available to all users so every doctor in the practice can use it, then click Save.
  5. Optional Make it fill itself: replace the blank lines with Best Practice data fields (patient name, date of birth, address, Medicare number, current medications and your details), then save again.

To refer: open the patient's record, start a new letter from the HMR referral – Medsight template, tick the reasons, then send it to us with the current medication list.

MedicalDirector Clinical

  1. Download the template above and save it somewhere easy to find, such as your desktop.
  2. Open Letter Writer, choose File → New, select Blank Template and click OK.
  3. Choose File → Import, select Medsight-HMR-referral.rtf and open it.
  4. Choose File → Save As Template, name it HMR referral – Medsight and click Save.
  5. Optional Make it fill itself: open the Data Toolbar (Ctrl+D), put fields such as patient name, date of birth, address, Medicare number and current medications over the blank lines, then save the template again.

To refer: with the patient open, start a new letter from the HMR referral – Medsight template, tick the reasons, then send it to us with the current medication list.

Zedmed

  1. Download the template above and save it somewhere easy to find, such as your desktop.
  2. Go to Tools → Clinical WP Setup → WP Templates.
  3. Choose File → Import Template, click Browse, select Medsight-HMR-referral.rtf and click Open.
  4. Type HMR referral – Medsight in the Description box and click OK. The template now appears under My Templates.
  5. Optional Make it fill itself: use the Data Toolbar to put merge fields over the blank lines. For an electronic signature, insert Treating Doctor → Signature Image.

To refer: from the patient's record, create a letter from the HMR referral – Medsight template, tick the reasons, then send it to us with the current medication list.

Other software (Medtech, Genie, Communicare and others)

  1. Download the template above. Most clinical systems can import a letter template in RTF format. Look for Import in your letter writer or template editor.
  2. No import option? Open the file in Microsoft Word, fill it in, save it and email it to us. It works the same way.
  3. Stuck? Call 0402 077 548 and we'll walk your practice manager through it, or use the online referral form instead.

Sending a referral

Fastest

Online form

Refer online in under two minutes. It goes straight to us, so there's nothing to print or attach.

Email

Send the completed template and the current medication list to info@medsight.com.au.

Phone

Call 0402 077 548 to refer, or to talk through whether an HMR suits your patient.

What to include

We contact your patient to arrange a home visit, then send you our report so you can complete the medication management plan and claim MBS item 900. See a sample report, or find more detail on our GP page, including a free recall kit for finding eligible patients.

The template contains no patient information until your practice fills it in. Best Practice, MedicalDirector, Zedmed and the other products named are trademarks of their owners. Medsight is not affiliated with them.