Your routes should be looking something like this
.state('patient', {
url: "/patient",
templateUrl: 'app/patient/patient.html',
abstract:true
}
})
.state('summary', {
url: "/patientsummary",
views: {
"patContent": {
templateUrl: 'app/patient/patientsummary.html'
}
}
})
then you can use the $state.go('patient.summary')