title: Patient transfer form provides continuity of care.
abstract: General Hospital of Everett (WA) took the initiative in developing a new patient transfer form that has been adopted for statewide use. By using suggestions from a wide variety of sources, a hospital committee, which consisted of professionals from local extended care facilities and nursing homes, as well as from the hospital's staff, was able to develop a useful and effective patient transfer system.
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014164:Transfer Agreement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014861:Washington