Patient Referral

Intelligent patient referrals for seamless care coordination

Founda’s Patient Referral solution replaces manual, fragmented processes with a secure digital workflow that keeps providers aligned and ensures each referral includes the right clinical context.

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When referrals depend on manual processes, care slows down

Traditional referral processes are manual, fragmented, and hard to trace. Key clinical details can go missing, slowing down care and increasing administrative workload. Without a structured digital process, referrals become a bottleneck rather than a bridge between organizations.

Founda’s Patient Referral creates one secure, cross-enterprise process that keeps referrals complete, clear, and reliable.

Consistent referral workflows

A single digital process replaces manual steps and fragmented communication across organizations.

Improved care coordination

Automatically include relevant history, documents, and images so providers can make faster, better-informed decisions.

Compliance, without the chaos

Enforce consent policies, access control, and information lifecycle management centrally. With built-in audit trails and standards alignment, IT teams can easily meet regulatory demands.

Less administration, more patient focus

Reduce manual follow-ups and coordination with automated notifications that save time for staff and clinicians.

Scalable collaboration across networks

Create consistent referral workflows that connect hospitals and general practitioners across regions, enabling sustainable, integrated care.

A smoother experience for everyone

Deliver a predictable, transparent process that builds trust between providers and reassurance for patients.

For clinicians

Making referrals simple, connected, and reliable

Founda’s Patient Referral solution creates a structured digital workflow that removes manual steps and ensures every referral includes the full clinical picture. It works by:

Creating and sending referrals through a standardized digital process.
Automatically attaching relevant patient information like notes, summaries, and results.
Tracking referral progress from submission to completion.
Sending clear notifications when referrals are received, accepted, or when reports are ready.

For clinicians

Designed for better coordination and informed care

With complete context and automated communication, Founda’s referral process helps clinicians save time, reduce risk, and focus on patient outcomes.

End-to-end referral management

Create, send, and manage referrals through one streamlined digital workflow.

Complete clinical information

Include relevant history so receiving teams have the full clinical picture.

Automated status updates

Stay informed as referrals are received, accepted, and completed.

Integrated scheduling

Coordinate appointments directly within the referral flow to reduce back-and-forth communication.

For IT teams

Connecting referral data through secure, standards-based exchange

Founda structures the referral lifecycle using standards-based exchange, clinical data access, and workflow automation across organizations. It works by:

Connecting systems using IHE, FHIR, and CDA so referral requests and updates can move between EHRs and organizations.
Retrieving relevant clinical information through Patient Clinical Data Access and Document Access so referrals include complete context.
Ensures accurate patient matching using HL7-to-FHIR transformations and MPI integration.
Coordinating referral milestones using workflow orchestration, monitoring, alerting, and appointment data access.
Applying consent controls, role-based access, and audit trails to support privacy and compliance throughout the workflow.

For IT teams

Interoperable and secure referral workflows

Founda’s Patient Referral solution uses open standards, automated workflows, and strong security to ensure clear, compliant referral communication between systems.

Standards-based connectivity

Uses IHE, FHIR, and CDA standards for reliable data exchange across systems.

Workflow orchestration

Automates referral lifecycle management with monitoring and alerts.

Data integrity and transformation

Supports HL7-to-FHIR data transformations and uses MPI integration to keep patient data consistent and correctly linked across organizations.

Centralized security and compliance

Built on consent management, role-based access management, and comprehensive audit trail access capabilities to keep the entire process secure and compliant.

Standards-based interoperability

Built on global healthcare standards including HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and IHE interoperability profiles to connect systems and networks while minimizing custom integrations and reducing vendor lock-in.

Secure by design

Security is embedded at every layer -from encryption and access controls to identity management and audit logs. Built to protect sensitive data while supporting operational integrity at scale.

Scalable infrastructure

Expands effortlessly from local implementations to regional or national networks, maintaining high performance and reliability as data and users grow.

Modular architecture

Flexible by design. Deploy and combine solutions as needed to meet organizational goals, use cases, and adapt to evolving workflows.

API-first foundation

Built as secure, well-documented APIs to simplify integration and accelerate innovation - while also offering UI components for teams who prefer to embed instead of build.

Embedded compliance

Regulatory alignment is built into every capability, with consent handling, auditability, and policy-driven controls supporting healthcare privacy standards across regions.

Standards-based interoperability

Built on global healthcare standards including HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and IHE interoperability profiles to connect systems and networks while minimizing custom integrations and reducing vendor lock-in.

Secure by design

Security is embedded at every layer -from encryption and access controls to identity management and audit logs. Built to protect sensitive data while supporting operational integrity at scale.

Scalable infrastructure

Expands effortlessly from local implementations to regional or national networks, maintaining high performance and reliability as data and users grow.

Modular architecture

Flexible by design. Deploy and combine solutions as needed to meet organizational goals, use cases, and adapt to evolving workflows.

Embedded compliance

Regulatory alignment is built into every capability, with consent handling, auditability, and policy-driven controls supporting healthcare privacy standards across regions.

Flexble setup, based on your environment

Founda supports three deployment models so healthcare organizations can choose the setup that aligns with their security, compliance, high availability and operational needs. All models follow the same security-first principles, proactive monitoring, and structured maintenance approach, with upgrades adapted to the specifics of each environment.

Cloud

Orchestration and processing run fully in the cloud. Fast to deploy, highly scalable, and automated, with cloud-first updates and security patches that reduce manual effort. Fits organizations prioritizing scalability, automation, and cost-efficiency.

On-premise

All components run within the hospital's infrastructure. Provides full control of data, security, and compliance, supported by tailored upgrade schedules and local maintenance. Suits organizations with strict regulatory requirements and predictable environments, with higher IT involvement and manual scaling.

Hybrid

Processing stays on-premise where PHI is handled, while orchestration runs in the cloud. Balances regulatory compliance with cloud agility. Cloud components update quickly, while on-premise components follow controlled upgrade cycles aligned with local compliance needs.

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Intelligent patient referrals for seamless care coordination

When referrals depend on manual processes, care slows down

What a structured referral process enables

Consistent referral workflows

Improved care coordination

Compliance, without the chaos

Less administration, more patient focus

Scalable collaboration across networks

A smoother experience for everyone

For clinicians

Making referrals simple, connected, and reliable

For clinicians

Designed for better coordination and informed care

For IT teams

Connecting referral data through secure, standards-based exchange

For IT teams

Interoperable and secure referral workflows

Built on trust, interoperability, and performance

Standards-based interoperability

Secure by design

Scalable infrastructure

Modular architecture

API-first foundation

Embedded compliance

Standards-based interoperability

Secure by design

Scalable infrastructure

Modular architecture

Embedded compliance

Flexble setup, based on your environment

Turning referrals into reliable care connections

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