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Healthcare professionals: refer a patient

Prompt care at the practice, at home or in a nursing home (EMS), with progress reports sent to the referring doctor. As members of the Réseau de Santé du Haut-Léman (the regional health network), we work hand in hand with healthcare professionals across the region.

The start.physio physiotherapy team

In practice

Refer a patient in 3 steps

1

Hand over the prescription

If possible, state the specialty required (women’s health, neurology, hand/shoulder, geriatrics…) and we will direct the patient to the most suitable therapist.

2

The patient books an appointment

Online at start.physio or by phone, at the practice of their choice.

3

Prompt care

An appointment is usually available within a few days to a week.

For your patients

At the practice, at home, in nursing homes

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At home and in nursing homes

If the patient cannot travel, write “home visit” on the prescription. Our mobile team travels by electric vehicle throughout the Riviera and the Chablais: homes, nursing homes, clinics and institutions.

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Urgent cases

Slots are always kept free for cases clearly justified by a healthcare professional (post-operative care, early rehabilitation). Contact us directly.

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Reports and handovers

A short progress summary can be sent to the referring doctor on request. For complex cases or transitions of care (hospital discharge, admission to a nursing home), we are available for a liaison assessment.

Network

Réseau de Santé du Haut-Léman

We coordinate our care with partners across the region to ensure continuity along each patient’s care pathway.

Hôpital Riviera-Chablais (HRC)

Continuity of care after hospital stays, discharge coordination.

Home care and social centres (CMS)

Coordinated follow-up for patients who need social and medical support.

OSAD

Coordination for home-care patients who also receive physiotherapy.

Doctors and specialists

Family doctors, specialists and other healthcare professionals in the region.

Quality

Our commitments

Prompt care, short waiting times

Digital home exercise programme (Wibbi) for every patient, a practice we were the first in French-speaking Switzerland to offer, from 2019

Monitoring of treatment outcomes and quality using artificial intelligence, a first in Switzerland (2026)

Therapists certified with peritia.care: we are the first healthcare organisation to do so (2026)

Care in line with Physioswiss guidelines and ISO 9001 standards

Open communication with referring professionals

A clinical question or a collaboration in mind?

Write to us and we will get back to you quickly.