Interfacility Transfer and Admission to PICUs in the United States: Survey of Referral Communications in 2023
Referral communication for interfacility patient transfers to the PICU occurred mainly through unstructured verbal handoffs between referring clinicians and PICU physicians. PICU leaders identified several potential benefits and challenges of standardizing interfacility referral communication.
Authors
- Madhuradhar Chegondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1375-6988)
- Matthew P. Malone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0848-0980)
- Olivia M. Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-9782)
- Eleanor Gradidge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-363X)
- Matthew H. M. Marx
- Christina L. Cifra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7449-802X)
- Christopher P. Landrigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-4100)
- Celestine L. Gonzales
- Nehal R. Parikh
- Ana Lía Graciano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5327-9701)
- Charlotte Woods-Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-0547)
- Irene Pantekidis
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- University of Iowa Health Care (US)
- Children's Hospital of Illinois (US)
- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003702
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.76