Relay platform capability

Closed-Loop Referral Management for Social Care

Coordinate each social care referral from creation and routing through member outreach, service delivery, closure, and documented outcome—inside Relay's broader SDOH and social care management platform.

A shared workflow instead of a one-way handoff

Relay keeps referring teams, care coordinators, and community partners aligned as a referral is accepted, declined, reassigned, escalated, or closed. Every status remains part of the member's coordinated social care record.

Capacity-aware routing and member outreach

Teams can route using current network capacity, document outreach attempts, manage wait-list paths, and respond when a provider cannot accept a referral or a member cannot be reached. Unsuccessful referrals remain visible work rather than disappearing from a queue.

Service delivery, outcomes, and network visibility

Referral status, service delivery, documented outcomes, and network patterns stay connected so teams can coordinate follow-up and understand capacity, response, completion, and closure across participating organizations.

Consent, privacy, and connected systems

Relay supports governed information sharing across organizations and connects referral work with clinical and operational systems through supported FHIR, HL7, eligibility, API, and file-based integration patterns.

Key Capabilities

  • Referral creation and routing
  • Partner acceptance, decline, transfer, and reassignment
  • Member outreach and status tracking
  • Wait-list, escalation, and unsuccessful-referral workflows
  • Service delivery, closure, and documented outcomes
  • Network capacity, referral analytics, and reporting
  • Consent, privacy, and interoperability support

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes a referral closed loop?

The referring team keeps visibility from creation through partner response, member outreach, service delivery, and a documented outcome—including why a referral could not be completed.

Is Relay only referral management software?

No. Closed-loop referrals are a core capability within Relay's broader SDOH and social care management platform, alongside HRSN workflows, care coordination, partner network operations, engagement, and outcomes.

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