Percentage of patients transferred to another HEALTHCARE FACILITY whose medical record documentation indicated that physician information was communicated to the receiving FACILITY within 60 minutes of departure
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Percentage of patients transferred to another HEALTHCARE FACILITY whose medical record documentation indicated that physician information was communicated to the receiving FACILITY within 60 minutes of departure
• Physician or practitioner history and physical
• Physician or practitioner orders and plan
Denominator
All emergency department patients who are transferred to another healthcare facility
Exclusions
All emergency department patients not transferred to another healthcare facility
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