Does the letter come with a letterhead, an address block and a signature?

No. The letter is the clinical body: the sections you see in the example. Letterhead, the recipient's details and your signature are added where you send it from, such as your practice system or your email.

Can I dictate it in whatever order it comes to mind?

Yes. Dictate it as it comes. The letter arranges what you said into its sections, whatever order you said it in.

What if I don't mention any medications?

The letter comes back without a Current medications section. Verbato does not write “none” or assume a list: the section appears only when you dictate medications.

Does it attach results or pull anything from the patient's record?

No. The letter contains what you dictate and nothing else. Verbato has no built-in connection to your patient records, so say the values and dates you want the specialist to see.

Dictate the referral. The letter leads with your question.

Verbato writes a referral letter from your dictation. A referral letter asks another clinician to see a patient. It puts the question first, then the history, findings and medications needed to answer it.

For clinicians who refer patients to a specialist.

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What you say, and the referral letter you get back

Illustrative example

The transcript excerpt and the document are written to show the format. Every name, figure and quote is invented.

What you say · transcript excerpt

blood pressure one forty-six over eighty-eight resting ECG on the twelfth of March sinus rhythm no ischemic changes LDL cholesterol four point one millimoles per liter currently on ramipril five milligrams orally once daily and atorvastatin twenty milligrams orally once daily please assess the exertional chest pain and advise on the need for further cardiac investigation I'd like an opinion and stress testing if indicated not urgent

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What comes back · referral letter

Reason for referral

Please assess exertional chest pain and advise on the need for further cardiac investigation. (appears in this excerpt)

Relevant history

58-year-old patient with a 6-week history of central chest tightness on climbing stairs, relieved by rest within 5 minutes. Hypertension for 10 years. Father had a myocardial infarction at 61.

Findings and investigations

BP 146/88 mmHg. Resting ECG on 12 March: sinus rhythm, no ischemic changes. LDL cholesterol 4.1 mmol/L. (appears in this excerpt)

Current medications

Ramipril 5 mg orally once daily. Atorvastatin 20 mg orally once daily. (appears in this excerpt)

Request

Opinion and stress testing if indicated. Not urgent. (appears in this excerpt)

Illustrative example

End of the illustrative example. Neither the excerpt nor the document was produced by Verbato.

How your referral letter is written

Only the history that bears on your question goes into the letter.
Medications keep the dose, route and frequency you dictated.
Results carry their values, their units and the dates you gave.
The letter says “urgent” only if you did.

Your format, not ours

The sections of your referral letter and the way it is written are yours to change. To fix a document, say what is wrong in your own words.

1You correct it
“Give me more detail in the Relevant history.”
That referral letter changes. Nothing else does.
2You say it again
Make the same correction on a later referral letter and Verbato asks: “You've changed this before. Always?”
3You decide
Answer “Always” and it is kept as a rule, applied from your next referral letter on. Answer “Just this once” and nothing is kept. Documents already written stay as they are, and nothing becomes a rule unless you confirm it.
4Your rules
I write “Relevant history” in more detail.Undo
Every rule you have kept is listed, and you can undo any of them. An undone rule stops applying from your next referral letter.

How it works

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Your recording

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Questions about the referral letter

Does the letter come with a letterhead, an address block and a signature?: No. The letter is the clinical body: the sections you see in the example. Letterhead, the recipient's details and your signature are added where you send it from, such as your practice system or your email.
Can I dictate it in whatever order it comes to mind?: Yes. Dictate it as it comes. The letter arranges what you said into its sections, whatever order you said it in.
What if I don't mention any medications?: The letter comes back without a Current medications section. Verbato does not write “none” or assume a list: the section appears only when you dictate medications.
Does it attach results or pull anything from the patient's record?: No. The letter contains what you dictate and nothing else. Verbato has no built-in connection to your patient records, so say the values and dates you want the specialist to see.

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