Start Date
5-15-2025 9:30 AM
End Date
5-15-2025 11:30 AM
Description
Background
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Center City (TJUH CC) campus is the predominant referral center for patients with hematologic malignancy in parts of PA, DE, and NJ
- Patients accepted for transfer to TJUH under Medical Oncology, often have longer than anticipated time to transfer (time from transfer acceptance to patient physical arrival)
- Long transfer times delay potentially lifesaving diagnostics and treatment; this can be most concerning for patients with aggressive hematologic malignancies given need for subspecialist management
- Data review from 2023-2024 showed patients with aggressive hematologic malignancy (defined as acute leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and Burkitt lymphoma) had a mean transfer time of 24.6 hours; institutional goal transfer time for patients these patients is 12 hours
- Nearly 1-2 patients with aggressive hematologic malignancy are transferred to TJUH CC per wee
Keywords
outside hospital transfer, transfer time, priority, bed management, accepted for transfer, system
Included in
May 15th, 9:30 AM
May 15th, 11:30 AM
Time to Transfer - The Clock is Ticking: A Quality Improvement Project
Background
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Center City (TJUH CC) campus is the predominant referral center for patients with hematologic malignancy in parts of PA, DE, and NJ
- Patients accepted for transfer to TJUH under Medical Oncology, often have longer than anticipated time to transfer (time from transfer acceptance to patient physical arrival)
- Long transfer times delay potentially lifesaving diagnostics and treatment; this can be most concerning for patients with aggressive hematologic malignancies given need for subspecialist management
- Data review from 2023-2024 showed patients with aggressive hematologic malignancy (defined as acute leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and Burkitt lymphoma) had a mean transfer time of 24.6 hours; institutional goal transfer time for patients these patients is 12 hours
- Nearly 1-2 patients with aggressive hematologic malignancy are transferred to TJUH CC per wee
Comments
Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.