Referring Physicians 

The Ohio State University Medical Center serves as a hub for the best, evidence-based care in Ohio and the Midwest. We’ve embraced the new paradigm in medicine – personalized health care – focusing on improving patient outcomes by using advances in medicine, such as genetics and genomics, and new technology, such as bioinformatics, to deliver the most effective treatments customized to the individual patient.

We are committed to the highest quality continuity of care for our patients in order to achieve optimal outcomes. Here are links for physicians to tap into the vast resources at Ohio State:

• consult directly with specialists and subspecialists at Ohio State’s Medical Center
  
• refer or transfer a patient to one of our physicians, hospitals or clinical services
  
• access our vast database of patient education materials
  
• earn continuing medical education hours in numerous ways, including online
  
• read more about specific services and research programs at Ohio State’s Medical Center
  
• tap into the award-winning Prior Health Sciences Library at Ohio State’s Medical Center
  
• find a specialist for a physician referral.
   

For physician-to-physician consultation, call 1-800-293-5123. One toll-free call connects you to more than 1,000 specialists in 50 medical specialties. A trained coordinator will answer and route your call to an appropriate physician or expert.

DocLink is a Web-based program allowing referring physicians timely, secure access to their patients' electronic record.
DocLink is for physicians only.

Physicians Practice is America's leading practice management journal sponsored regionally by Ohio State's Medical Center. The journal and its award-winning Web site, the Buyers Guide, audio conferences, and newsletters provide information, tools, and strategies to help physicians more effectively manage the operational and business aspects of their practices.