Patient safety incidents during interhospital transport of patients: A Prospective Analysis

Based on both cost-efficiency considerations and research findings indicating improved outcomes, specialist services and medical technology resources have been centralised into high-volume specialist centres during the past decades [1 –4]. Resulting from this evolution, the need for patient transfers between hospitals has increased. This demand will likely increase, as the establishment of high-volume specialist centres is expected to surge in the near future [5]. Indications for interhospital transport are diverse; they includ e both post-primary (i.e., where the patient is still in the emergency department of the referring facility), and secondary indications (i.e., where the patient has been admitted to the intensive care unit but requires a transfer to another hospital for specialist care, or referral back after specia list care has been provided) [5].

Source: International Emergency Nursing - August 23, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Cathelijne Lyphout, Jochen Bergs, Willem Stockman, Koen Deschilder, Christophe Duchatelet, Didier Desruelles, Koen Bronselaer Source Type: research