Inter-facility Transfers

Inter-facility Transfers 1. Patients may be transferred from STEMI Referral Center to a STEMI Receiving Center and/or specialty referral centers provided that any such transfer is medically prudent, as determined by the transferring STEMI Center physician of record, and is conducted by the appropriate level of emergency medical service provider 2. STEMI Referral Center shall develop written criteria for consultation and transfer of patients needing a higher/specialty level of care with the regional STEMI Receiving Centers 3. STEMI Receiving Centers shall NOT be on diversion for true acute STEMI 4. STEMI Receiving Center shall provide written feedback to the STEMI Referral Center and shall participate in the state performance improvement process. Subchapter 8 Performance Improvement and System Evaluation