transport to your home or back to your nursing home or retirement residence, our staff will work with you to connect you with the appropriate private non-urgent patient transportation service. If I don’t have someone to volunteer to The staff will explore if you are eligible to be take me will I have to pay? supported by the provincially funded Red Cross Path program. Otherwise, yes, you will need to pay for your own privately arranged transport service. If you have third party insurance transportation you may be covered. Transportation is not covered by provincial medical plans (OHIP). What is (non-urgent) Non-urgent patient transportation services are ‘non-emergency’ patient transportation? private (unregulated) patient transport services used for transports which do not require an ambulance. Timmins and District Hospital is currently purchasing non-urgent patient transport services from a private company. The East LHIN (NELHIN) is leading the future implementation of a Timmins and Cochrane District non-urgent patient transportation service in collaboration with our hospital and district hospitals. Why are we not using EMS to transport Emergency Medical Services are engaged for patients for non-urgent transportation? the transportation of patients who are assessed as being critically ill or at high risk of becoming Note: medically unstable during transport and must At the regular meeting of the Cochrane have an escort. An ambulance is used for District Social Services Administration emergency, life-threatening situations and in Board (CDSSAB) on June 16, 2016, the special cases where a paramedic is medically Board passed a resolution that will see necessary. All other transports will be carried the CDSSAB cease the practice of making out by a Non-Urgent Patient Transport service. its ambulance service available to complete non-emergency transfers by January 1, 2017. This has resulted in changes to the EMS deployment plan and a projected eventual end to providing non-urgent patient transportation. Who determines the most appropriate The most responsible professional staff member who is providing care for the patient type of patient transportation?
transport to your home or back to your nursing home or retirement residence, our staff will work with you to connect you with the appropriate private non-urgent patient transportation service. If I don’t have someone to volunteer to take me will I have to pay? The staff will explore if you are eligible to be supported by the provincially funded Red Cross Path program. Otherwise, yes, you will need to pay for your own privately arranged transport service. If you have third party insurance transportation you may be covered. Transportation is not covered by provincial medical plans (OHIP). What is ‘non-emergency’ (non-urgent) patient transportation? Non-urgent patient transportation services are private (unregulated) patient transport services used for transports which do not require an ambulance. Timmins and District Hospital is currently purchasing non-urgent patient transport services from a private company. The East LHIN (NELHIN) is leading the future implementation of a Timmins and Cochrane District non-urgent patient transportation service in collaboration with our hospital and district hospitals. Why are we not using EMS to transport patients for non-urgent transportation? Note: At the regular meeting of the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB) on June 16, 2016, the Board passed a resolution that will see the CDSSAB cease the practice of making its ambulance service available to complete non-emergency transfers by January 1, 2017. This has resulted in changes to the EMS deployment plan and a projected eventual end to providing non-urgent patient transportation. Emergency Medical Services are engaged for the transportation of patients who are assessed as being critically ill or at high risk of becoming medically unstable during transport and must have an escort. An ambulance is used for emergency, life-threatening situations and in special cases where a paramedic is medically necessary. All other transports will be carried out by a Non-Urgent Patient Transport service. Who determines the most appropriate type of patient transportation? The most responsible professional staff member who is providing care for the patient
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