Hospital Patient Transfer

In the patient chart, click the arrow in the green workflow menu (at the upper right) and select Add Patient Transfer. (The options available in the green workflow menu depend on your user role.)

You must be logged in to a department that uses athenaOne for Hospitals & Health Systems, and you must have the Inpatient Clinicals: Edit Chart permission to access this page.

1. Click the patient's name on the Tracking Board to display the patient's chart.
2. In the patient chart, click the arrow in the green workflow menu (at the upper right) and select Add Patient Transfer. (The options available in the green workflow menu depend on your user role.)
   
3. Transfer date and time — Enter the date and time for the transfer.
   Tip: You can enter "now" in the time field to input the current time and date, or you can enter "t" in the date field for the current date.
4. Transfer reason — Enter the reason for transferring this patient.
5. Attending physician — Select the attending physician who is ordering the transfer.
   
6. Department — Select the receiving department.
7. Level of Care — Select the level of care to be provided.
8. Service — Select the service to be provided to the patient.
9. Telemetry — Click Yes, No, or Remote.
10. Condition — Select the patient's condition at the time of transfer.
11. Precautions — Click the plus icon to add a precaution.
12. Click Sign Order.
    The patient status (at the top of the patient briefing and on the Tracking Board) shows that the patient is transferring.
    The patient's name is added to the department's Patient List with a status of Checked in.

Record that the patient has departed the department

13. At the top right of the patient briefing, enter the time and date the patient departed the department.
    
    Tip: You can enter "now" in the time field to input the current time and date, or you can enter "t" in the date field for the current date.
14. Click Mark as Departed.

Note:You can delete a transfer order that was not entered by a provider, as long as it has not yet been signed by a provider. You can cancel a transfer order (signed or unsigned) if a provider has not yet marked the patient as "Arrived" in the new department. To delete or cancel transfer orders, you must have the Inpatient Clinicals: Transfer/Discharge Sign-off permission.

Tip: In the Other tab of the Report Library, you can run the ED Transfer Order List report. For a patient transferred from an emergency department to an inpatient department, this report lists orders, medications, and labs ordered within the past 24 hours. Access to emergency department orders helps clinicians determine new orders and tasks to administer during the inpatient stay.