Flaminia Ferri, Martina Milana, Aurelio Abbatecola, Alessandro Pintore, Ilaria Lenci, Simona Parisse, Alessandro Vitale, Gianluca Di Croce, Gianluca Mennini, Quirino Lai, Massimo Rossi, Roberta Angelico, Giuseppe Tisone, Alessandro Anselmo, Mario Angelico, Stefano Ginanni Corradini
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Missed or inappropriate referrals of potential candidates for liver transplantation (LT) are common and traditional referral methods (tRs) do not allow for efficient triage. We investigated the effects of a website developed for electronic outpatient referral to LT (eRW-LT) on these issues. METHODS: We prospectively collected data on all consecutive outpatient referrals to 2 Italian LT centers from January 2015 to December 2019. In the second half of the study, starting from July 2017, referring physicians had the option of using eRW-LT, quickly obtaining the judgment on the appropriateness and urgency of the visit from a transplant hepatologist...
June 2022: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology