Hospital transfers/admissions can result in unplanned cost to the center, patient, and payers. The need for patient transfers from an ASC is an unanticipated outcome and can many times be avoided by ...

Patient transfers require an immense amount of time and energy. But in capacity-limited health systems, transfers are increasingly necessary. Timely and efficient patient transfers are key to ...

High-volume care centers are linked to lower mortality for mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting benefits of transferring to such facilities. Uninsured patients experience higher mortality and ...

One-hundred ninety-eight minutes. That’s, on average, how long it took Banner Health to accept patient transfers from outside facilities in 2018: more than three hours. A patient’s condition could ...