Inter-facility Transfers

Inter-facility Transfers 1. Patients may be transferred from trauma centers to other trauma centers and/or specialty referral centers provided that any such transfer is medically prudent, as determined by the transferring trauma center physician of record and is conducted by the appropriate level of emergency medical service provider. 2. Trauma centers shall develop written criteria for consultation and transfer of patients needing a higher/specialty level of care. Trauma center/specialty referral centers that repatriate trauma patients shall provide data required by the Trauma Registry to the receiving trauma center. 3. Trauma centers/specialty hospitals receiving transferred trauma patients shall provide written feedback to the transferring facility and shall participate in the state performance improvement process.