What is Baptist Health Transfer Center?
Baptist Health Transfer Center is a one-stop solution for patient-care providers to better meet patient care needs. Our knowledgeable support team coordinates transfers when patients need emergency care, urgent medical evaluation or admission to Baptist Medical Center South. We are here to help - quickly and efficiently, and we serve 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year!
What We Do
- Facilitate calls and make arrangements for your patient, and assist with transfer planning
- Coordinate physician-to-physician communication; facilitating patient acceptance
- Make arrangements for appropriate bed assignments
- Communicate special-care and/or emergent needs
- Write admission order; gather and send demographics and other pertinent documents to accepting facility
- Provide guidance regarding transfer preparation
- Coordinate appropriate transportation
- Update referring and receiving staff
- Provide a contact number for the nursing report
- Promote admitting physician follow-up with referring physician
Transfer Services Available
- ED to ED or Inpatient
- Inpatient to Inpatient
- Clinic to ED or Inpatient
Patient Care Providers Contact Baptist Health Transfer Center Toll-Free at 1-833-752-2337 or locally at 334-747-2337.