Transfer of facility clients to inpatient psychiatry: eight criteria to consider.
The transfer of residential clients with mental retardation to inpatient psychiatric care units (IPUs) presents several areas in which clinical and administrative incidents can occur. Incident review management can be applied as an effective administrative tool to improve the transfer of such clients by considering the needs of clients in the context of their caregivers and the goals of the IPU. This article introduces eight criteria to facilitate and evaluate the transfer of such clients and help reduce the rate of incidents.
Silver
Mark S
MS
marksilver1@cs.com
Burack
Orah R
OR
D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000592:standards*; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D012308:Risk Management; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014481:United States