{"id":4627,"date":"2021-01-27T22:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vmc\/referring-veterinarian-case-consult-request\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:39:00","slug":"consultations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vmc\/veterinarians\/consultations\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px; width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/rDVM-consult-laptop-collage_web.jpg \" alt=\"laptop consult\" \/><strong>Online Portal for Consultations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Background<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The LVMC has a unified online portal for requesting consultations from our specialty services<\/li>\n<li>The Consultation Portal allows our referral partners to submit consultation requests directly through the LVMC\u2019s secure medical records system (CVIS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Benefits of the Consult Portal<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Expedited initial consultation process<\/li>\n<li>Direct and secure communication with specialists<\/li>\n<li>Ability to share patient bloodwork, radiographs, and other images directly through the portal<\/li>\n<li>Improved communications \u2013 no more \u201cphone tag\u201d!<\/li>\n<li>Send and receive messages at your convenience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Consult Portal<\/h3>\n<p>The Consult Portal allows you to submit case information and ask questions to an LVMC clinician about the management of a patient not currently being treated by the LVMC. This includes potential referral cases for which you need medical advice.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Consult Availability: Consults remain open for 24-48 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Reopening Cases: Consults can be re-opened at no additional fee for up to three months.<\/li>\n<li>Fee: A $55 charge will be applied to your ISU VMC Clinic account upon submission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Case Consultation Submission<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/clinic-db.cvm.iastate.edu\/cvis\/\">CVIS login page\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> (Need help? choose from the drop down &#8216;referring veterinarian&#8217; to get started.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sign in<\/strong>\u00a0using your clinic\u2019s CVIS user credentials (OR request a new account by completing a CVIS Pre-Registration Form)<\/li>\n<li>Choose \u201c<strong>VMC Consult\/Refer<\/strong>\u201d from the main menu and follow prompts to initiate a new consultation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Referring DVM Portal Printable PDFs<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-set\">\n\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/25_4257-RDVM-Access-Referral-Process-Diagram.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReferring DVM Portal Access and Referral Process Diagram <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/26_4307-LVMC-Referring-DVM-Portal-FAQ-Flyer.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReferring DVM Portal FAQ and General Information Flyer <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-block\">\n\t<div class=\"link-block\">\n\t\t<h2>Referring DVM Portal Tutorials<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fi5MuVjgE-k\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntroducing the Referring DVM Portal<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NrYe3LIWYEI?si=05sXIVshYxu7jhUf\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to Get Help<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OPnuHpjmGRs?si=RPJwsKPVLaBT2ZF3\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNavigating the Referring DVM Portal<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d40KK-uyVvA?si=GGkiuTg0axWnsVIE\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNEW Emergency and Critical Care Case Referral<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--call-to-action--small\">\n\t<div class=\"call-to-action call-to-action--small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"call-to-action__copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"call-to-action__headline\">Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Have questions about utilizing the Consultation Portal?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"mailto:vmc-services@iastate.edu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail VMC Services<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referring DVM Portal Printable PDFs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4854,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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