title: A case manager's perspective of patient transport.
abstract: "The patient will need transportation." These simple words, frequently heard by case managers, identify a need that can require time-consuming research of possible providers and, in some instances, reveal very limited options, depending on the patient's medical needs, funding, and location. Patient transportation needs run the gamut from occasional local trips for routine physician appointments to air and ground transport for the medically unstable, ventilator-dependent individual.
authors.affiliation: Systemic Inc., Little Rock, Ark., USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000458:organization & administration*