There is no way to automatically send a letter to a referring provider or consultant in AC. I use UPDOX and this is how I write a letter to a consultant.
Right click the patient name in the patient list and chose "Print Notes & Letters". Next choose the encounter date you wish to include. Then I click "Consultants Only" in the Letter Writer area then click "Compose Letter". From there I write my letter and you can include such things as meds, PMH etc by clicking appropriate areas to the left of the letter.
When I'm done, I then click "Preview". AC then asks if you wish to save a copy of the correspondence to the chart. I select "yes". A copy is now saved to the patient chart and this brings up the preview of the letter I just wrote. From there I print it to UPDOX and fax to the consultant. If needed, I can open the patient chart and print to UPDOX appropriate labs, radiology reports etc and attach this to the letter I'm faxing to the consultant.
