Electronic outpatient referral system for liver transplant improves appropriateness and allows first visit triage

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 on these issues of a website developed for electronic oupatient referral to LT (eRW-LT) METHODS: We prospectively collected data on all consecutive outpatient referrals to two 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.