Rheumatology

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Locations and Contact Information

Locations

Seattle Children’s Rheumatology teams provide care in Seattle, Bellevue, Federal Way and Alaska.

Referrals and Scheduling

  • Bellevue, Federal Way, Seattle: 206-985-3396 (referral/fax), 206-987-2057 (phone)
  • Alaska:
    • Southcentral Foundation: 907-729-8664 (referral/fax), 907-729-5410 (phone),
    • Providence Medical Group of Alaska: 907-212-4831 (referral/fax), 907-212-4824 (phone) 

Provider-to-provider communication

  • For urgent clinical questions, defined as a clinical question that requires immediate attention due to its potential impact on patient health or safety but is not life-threatening, call our Provider-to-Provider line at 206-987-7777 or 877-985-4637 (toll-free) to speak to our on-call Rheumatologist.
  • If you are directing or transporting a patient to the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, please call Mission Control at 206-987-8899 or 866-987-8899 (toll-free).
  • For non-urgent clinical questions, please consider submitting an eConsult. (Providers outside the state of Washington do not have access to eConsults and may call the Provider-to-Provider line and indicate they have a non-urgent clinical question for our on-call rheumatologist.)
  • For co-management questions related to an existing problem for a shared patient, please send an econsult message via EpicCare Link.
  • If you would like to have one of our Rheumatology team members provide in-person or virtual education with your clinic, please contact our Physician Relations team to coordinate.

How to Refer a Patient

We encourage use of our New Appointment Request Form (PDF or DOC) or submitting a referral via EpicCare Link. Please complete these forms in their entirety to ensure timely processing of your patient’s referral. If your clinic uses its own referral form, please ensure all fields listed in the NARF are included in your documentation.

EpicCare Link: SCCN Users and Seattle Children's Badge Holders

EpicCare Link: All Others

For our most current wait times by specialty and location, see our Access Dashboard.

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Additional referral information

  • We accept new patient referrals through age 17 only. If your patient is 18 or older, we ask that you refer them to a rheumatologist for adults.
  • Last clinic note and last labs and imaging, including but not limited to X-ray, MRI, CT, etc. Please include both report and films; they can be sent directly to Radiology (images can be uploaded to PowerShare).
  • Patients referred for the conditions below will be redirected to the clinics named. You are welcome to send your referral to the clinic directly.
    • Chondromalacia patella/anterior knee pain syndrome: redirected to Orthopedics.
    • Fibromyalgia or central sensitization or pain syndromes or reflex neurovascular dystrophy (RND)/complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS): redirected to Pain Management Clinic.
    • Hypermobility/benign hypermobility joint syndrome (BHJS)/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS): review the algorithm below and redirect to Physical Therapy or Genetics if appropriate.
    • Urticaria/rash: redirected to Dermatology for workup; they will refer back to us if appropriate. Less than 5% of these cases are autoimmune-related and need to be seen by Rheumatology.
  • We do not see patients with POTS. Please see our “Resources for PCPs” below for information on diagnosis and treatment.
  • Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) / recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO): We are no longer accepting new patients with CNO/CRMO from outside our service region (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho or WAMI). 

eConsult Information

An eConsult is a non-urgent asynchronous electronic consultation request initiated by a community provider to a Seattle Children’s specialist, submitted using EpicCare Link. It allows community providers to receive timely, efficient care guidance on lower-complexity and data-oriented clinical questions that may not require an in-person evaluation. 

Our Rheumatology team offers eConsults (PDF) for the following conditions:

  • Arthralgia
  • Periodic/Recurrent Fever (NOT Persistent Fevers) - Concern for Rheumatological Condition
  • Positive ANA
  • Unspecified Clinical Question 

For more information on eConsults, including helpful resources and instructions on obtaining access to EpicCare Link, please visit our EpicCare Link and eConsults page. 

What Your Patients Can Expect

  • Patients with a referral should call us at 206-987-2057 to schedule their appointment. Our high number of referrals prevents us from being able to routinely call out.
  • We keep a cancellation list. Families can ask to be added by calling 206-987-2057.  

Algorithms and Resources for Community Providers 

Resources from Seattle Children's

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