General principles of medical interconsultation for hospitalised patients

R Monte-Secades; E Montero-Ruiz; A Gil-Díaz; J Castiella-Herrero; por el Grupo de Asistencia Compartida e Interconsultas de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna

doi:10.1016/j.rce.2015.05.005

General principles of medical interconsultation for hospitalised patients

Rev Clin Esp (Barc). 2016 Jan-Feb;216(1):34-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

R Monte-Secades¹, E Montero-Ruiz², A Gil-Díaz³, J Castiella-Herrero⁴; por el Grupo de Asistencia Compartida e Interconsultas de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti, Lugo, España. Electronic address: rafael.monte.secades@sergas.es.
² Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.
³ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
⁴ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Fundación Hospital Calahorra, Calahorra, La Rioja, España.

PMID: 26165165
DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2015.05.005

Abstract

Medical interconsultation for hospitalised patients is a regular activity among internal medicine specialists. However, despite its growing impact and importance, a model that defines its characteristics, objectives and information has not been established. This study, conducted by the Shared Care and Interconsultations Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine, proposes a number of general recommendations concerning the method for requesting and responding to hospital medical interconsultations, as well as a format for these interconsultations.

Keywords: Consulta médica; Hospitalised patients; Internal Medicine; Medical consultation; Medicina Interna; Pacientes hospitalizados.