Meeting
Abstract Number: 174
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Advances in technology and life-sustaining interventions afford patients access to a wider network of subspecialized care through inter-facility transfers. Implicit in these transfers are multiple complex steps that leave patients vulnerable to adverse events. The few guidelines that exist regarding the inter-facility transfer process focus on critically-ill or surgical patients, and emphasize pre-transfer communication […]