Do you need a referral?
No. You can arrange an assessment yourself, and the report goes to whichever clinician you name.
How do you arrange testing without a referral?
You call, we work out together which assessments answer the question you actually have, and you book. At the appointment you name the clinician who should receive the report. That is the whole process.
The reason this matters is that the people who most need these measurements are often the ones least likely to be referred for them. Someone with burning feet and a normal nerve conduction study has usually already been told nothing is wrong. Someone whose walking distance has quietly halved over two years has generally not mentioned it to anyone.
Should you still involve your own doctor?
Not because it is required, but because the report is more useful in the hands of someone who knows your history. A measurement in isolation is a number; a measurement read against your medications, your previous results and your examination is information.
Take the report to them, or have us send it. Either works. Getting results into the chart covers what happens on their end.
What if your doctor says you do not need testing?
For a healthy adult under 50 with no risk factors, that is a reasonable position and probably the right one. For anyone in the risk group — over 50 with a cardiovascular risk factor, over 70, hypertensive, overweight, a smoker or diabetic — it is a conversation worth having, and it goes better with a specific question than a general request.
Questions worth asking has some that tend to work, such as whether insulin has ever been measured alongside glucose, or whether small-fiber function can be tested separately from a nerve conduction study.
Will Measura diagnose or treat you?
We will not tell you to stop or change a medication, we will not interpret the report as a diagnosis on its own, and we will not treat anything. Measura measures. Every result is reviewed with a clinician, and turning it into a diagnosis and a plan is a clinical relationship. Medical disclaimer.
Frequently asked questions
What happens if you don’t have a referral?
Nothing changes. You can arrange a Measura assessment yourself: you call, we work out together which assessments answer the question you actually have, and at the appointment you name the clinician who should receive the report. No referral is needed at any step.
Can you just ask your doctor for a referral?
Yes, and it goes better with a specific question than a general request. Ask whether insulin has ever been measured alongside glucose, or whether small-fiber function can be tested separately from a nerve conduction study. You do not need a referral for Measura, but the report is more useful in the hands of someone who knows your history.
Why is a referral necessary?
For Measura testing, it is not. Involving your own doctor still helps, because a measurement read against your medications, your previous results and your examination becomes information instead of just a number. Take the report to your doctor yourself, or have us send it. Either works.
