# Allow access to referring physicians

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350>\
**Category:** Day-to-Day Users\
**Created:** [September 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350 "2009-09-16T15:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/1 "2009-09-16T15:03:08Z")

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**[emcneal](https://sourceforge.net/u/emcneal/)** wrote on [Wednesday, September 16, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#4aec):

Hi All,

In planning a new medical office, we are considering OpenEMR.&nbsp; However, we need to be able to provide our referring physicians access to the system to see their patient reports only.&nbsp; The reports will simply be TIFF or PDF images produced by another clinical program.&nbsp; Does OpenEMR provide such capability?&nbsp; If not, are there any suggestions on the best way to provide such.

Thx,

Eric

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/2 "2009-09-16T15:39:36Z")

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**[sunsetsystems](https://sourceforge.net/u/sunsetsystems/)** wrote on [Wednesday, September 16, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#7251):

No, OpenEMR doesn’t do that.&nbsp; Perhaps sending them as encrypted email would be a reasonable solution.

Rod&nbsp;  
([http://www.sunsetsystems.com/)](http://www.sunsetsystems.com/%29)

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/3 "2009-09-16T17:41:51Z")

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**[emcneal](https://sourceforge.net/u/emcneal/)** wrote on [Wednesday, September 16, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#4c9c):

Thanks Rod,

I went down the road before with the email option and it’s find for a small referral base, but it quickly becomes chaotic with a large referral base because referring physician offices are extremely unorganized and seem to misplace everything and we constantly have to resend reports.&nbsp; Our goal is to centralize the records so that the referring physicians always know where to find their reports.

Thx,

Eric

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/4 "2009-09-17T02:44:44Z")

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**[aperezcrespo](https://sourceforge.net/u/aperezcrespo/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 17, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#baee):

Maybe someday OEMR could do encrypted Emails.&nbsp; I took a look around and found this to use with sendmail.

[http://awtrey.com/software/encmail.php](http://awtrey.com/software/encmail.php)

[http://awtrey.com/files/perl/encmail.txt](http://awtrey.com/files/perl/encmail.txt)

Alfonso

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**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/5 "2009-09-24T02:16:37Z")

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**[openemrhq](https://sourceforge.net/u/openemrhq/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 24, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#b201):

Not without some customization. But with a bit of customization, and the creation of a new user group, you could fairly easily do it.

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**Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/allow-access-to-referring-physicians/3350/6 "2009-09-24T04:08:12Z")

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**[emcneal](https://sourceforge.net/u/emcneal/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 24, 2009](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202504/thread/5d41daba/#48c4):

Yes, that’s actually what we are planning on doing.&nbsp; Over the next couple weeks, I will be obtaining a couple estimates.&nbsp; If you’re interested in quoting this, please send me a private message.&nbsp; Thx