For Referring Physicians

The transfer of care process for referring physicians is seamless with the Doctor Access Line: 1-866-684-FAST [3278].

Transfer of Care Process

1. The Access Center RN staffing this center (24/7) receives calls from:

• Hospitals
• Physician offices
• Clinics

• Collects initial patient information
• Pages the on-call physician for requested service
• Determines clinical reason for transfer
• Arranges physician to physician contact

3. With everyone on the call, we:

• Secure a bed
• Ask the sending hospital to fax demographic sheet and any necessary paper work
• Obtain orders
• Provide the patient room number