High-performance transfer centers are becoming mandatory components for any health system operating in competitive healthcare markets, which are only becoming more competitive and consolidated. That is because high-performance transfer centers help align patients with the right care, in the right location at the right time, which can play a huge role in helping health systems retain patients, reduce network leakage, control costs and increase revenue.
HIT leaders and other health information professionals can help their organization’s transfer center improve by delivering the tools, data and processes optimizations that make it operate efficiently and its clinicians deliver a superior experience to patients and families. With that, the following are five steps toward a high-performance transfer center.