Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2025
San Diego-based Scripps Health dusted off an initiative it used during COVID to help manage increased patient loads during flu season — internal patient transfers.
When patient levels returned to normal post-COVID, the system discontinued internal transfers. But in recent months, with the increased flu patients, the system’s Chula Vista hospital reached a breaking point. The 25-bed ED had about 40 patients waiting for admission.
“Within a few hours, we mobilized the team and transferred seven patients out that afternoon,” Ghazala Sharieff, MD, chief medical and operations officer and corporate executive vice president at the system, told Becker’s. “We set up a mini command center through our centralized transfer service, monitoring data and census levels systemwide. Each site reported, multiple...
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