Your first visit to Orthosports ACT
Please arrive for your appointment 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time.
This will avoid delays and allow us time to ensure that all of your information is up to date and in order before your appointment begins.
Please bring
At the time of your first appointment, please bring the following with you:
- Your completed Patient Information Form & Medical History
- The Referral letter from your GP, family physician or Specialist
- Your Medicare card / Private Insurance card / Veteran Affairs Card
- Your workers compensation or third-party claim details ie. Your employer details and Claim number
- Any Military paperwork for defence personnel
- Private Hospital Insurance details, Written approval from your insurance company
- Copies of recent results, x-rays, MRI’s, CT scans etc and any other relevant information such as operation reports from relevant previous surgeries. This may include CD’s, USB Flash drives and/or online logins. if you are from another state, please ensure that you have a hard copy of your films, as we likely cannot access the films online.
- Your list of medications
Please wear comfortable clothing and shorts (or other appropriate clothing) so that your knees or hip/s can be examined during the consultation.