Background: Large hospital systems receiving transfer from other facilities constantly experience bed shortage and need to have real time awareness of all its’ facilities capacity, capability, and services currently available. Our hospital system receives about 150 inter-hospital transfer requests daily and complete about 60 each day. We have a centralized transfer center where our Transfer [...]

Background: Inter-hospital transfer (IHT) refers to the movement of patients between acute care hospitals and is a routine practice within healthcare systems. The process, however, remains unstandardized, resulting in variability in how patients are identified, managed, and transferred, as well as in patient outcomes, safety, and associated costs. While IHT typically provides specialized care unavailable [...]