“Can you send over the imaging?” Analyzing the Patient Transfer Process at TJUH

Authors

Walker Lyons, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Peter Altshuler, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Andrew Hallett, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Lindsay Lynch, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Tommy O'Malley, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Steven Woodward, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Alicja Zalewski, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Scott Cowan, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Objective

Our goal was to investigate possible ways to improve the transition of care when patients are transferred to Jefferson Center City. As a quaternary care hospital with a large transfer volume, it is especially important to look for ways to optimize this process because it can improve timely patient care, reduce and eliminate unnecessary studies and diagnostic tests and save time and work that could be better spent in other aspects of treating the patient.

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, patient care, transition of care

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Lyons, MD, Walker; Altshuler, MD, Peter; Hallett, MD, Andrew; Lynch, MD, Lindsay; O'Malley, MD, Tommy; Woodward, MD, Steven; Zalewski, MD, Alicja; and Cowan, MD, Scott, "“Can you send over the imaging?” Analyzing the Patient Transfer Process at TJUH" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 112.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/112