(5) discharge medications. ARTICLE XIII TRANSFER TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY 13.1. Transfer: The process for providing appropriate care for a patient, during and after transfer from the Hospital to another facility, includes: (a) assessing the reason(s) for transfer; (b) establishing the conditions under which transfer can occur; (c) evaluating the mode of transfer/transport to assure the patient’s safety; and (d) ensuring that the organization receiving the patient also receives necessary medical information and assumes responsibility for the patient’s care after arrival at that facility. 13.2. Procedures: (a) Patients will be transferred to another hospital or facility based on the patient’s needs and the Hospital’s capabilities. The responsible practitioner will take the following steps as appropriate under the circumstances: (1) identify the patient’s need for continuing care in order to meet the patient’s physical and psychosocial needs; (2) inform patients and their family members (as appropriate), in a timely manner, of the need to plan for a transfer to another organization; (3) involve the patient and all appropriate practitioners, Hospital staff, and family members involved in the patient’s care, treatment, and services in the planning for transfer; and (4) provide the following information to the patient whenever the patient is transferred: (i) the reason for the transfer;
(5) discharge medications. ARTICLE XIII TRANSFER TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CARE FACILITY 13.1. Transfer: The process for providing appropriate care for a patient, during and after transfer from the Hospital to another facility, includes: (a) assessing the reason(s) for transfer; (b) establishing the conditions under which transfer can occur; (c) evaluating the mode of transfer/transport to assure the patient’s safety; and (d) ensuring that the organization receiving the patient also receives necessary medical information and assumes responsibility for the patient’s care after arrival at that facility. 13.2. Procedures: (a) Patients will be transferred to another hospital or facility based on the patient’s needs and the Hospital’s capabilities. The responsible practitioner will take the following steps as appropriate under the circumstances: (1) identify the patient’s need for continuing care in order to meet the patient’s physical and psychosocial needs; (2) inform patients and their family members (as appropriate), in a timely manner, of the need to plan for a transfer to another organization; (3) involve the patient and all appropriate practitioners, Hospital staff, and family members involved in the patient’s care, treatment, and services in the planning for transfer; and (4) provide the following information to the patient whenever the patient is transferred: (i) the reason for the transfer;
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