Lagerhausstrasse 9, 8400 Winterthur · Phone 052 235 05 00 · Fax 052 235 05 01
Referrals and findings: adimed@hin.ch (HIN-secured)
Referral and diagnostics
Referrals are sent by HIN message. Once received, your patient gets an email from us with a personal link for the diagnostic appointments.
- Waiting time
- 4–6 months
- Urgent
- 052 235 05 00
- Referral
- adimed@hin.ch
What to include
Question
In one sentence — what should the assessment answer?
Medication
Current list, especially substances that affect weight
Laboratory
If available: HbA1c, lipids, liver values, TSH
History
Previous treatment attempts and how they went
Findings
Relevant comorbidities and operation reports
What you receive
Acknowledgement
Confirmation that the referral has arrived, with the expected waiting time.
Appointment
Your patient gets an email from us with a personal link for the diagnostic appointments — nothing for you to organise.
After the first consultation
Report with findings, assessment and planned approach — including when we advise against treatment.
During care
Progress reports at the agreed reviews. We contact you directly about relevant changes to medication.
How to refer
HIN-secured to adimed@hin.ch, by fax to 052 235 05 01 or by phone on 052 235 05 00.
Current waiting time: 4–6 months. For urgent questions please call directly — we can usually find a slot sooner.
Diagnostics — available individually
You can request these investigations for your patients without handing over their care. The report comes back to you.
approx. 30 minutes
Indirect calorimetry
Measures resting energy expenditure via gas exchange instead of estimating it from a formula.
approx. 15 minutes
Bioimpedance analysis
Distribution of fat, muscle and water. Shows changes the scale does not reveal.
120 minutes
Oral glucose tolerance test
Assessment of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes over two hours.
blood drawn on site
Metabolic laboratory
Comprehensive laboratory work-up including hormone and liver diagnostics, together with SONIC / Risch.
Every patient receives the preparation instructions from us by email before the appointment. You are welcome to place requests by phone or send them HIN-secured to adimed@hin.ch.