For example, 1,800-bed Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio created a central patient placement service supported by TeleTracking’s automated TransferCenter application. The system has received several benefits from the center and software:
• Transfer center acceptance rate reached 99.6 percent.
• Volume increased 300 percent.
• Diversions decreased 73 percent.
• Emergency department hold hours decreased 50 percent.
• Transfer center admissions increased from 180 per month to 400 per month.
• The center yielded $25 million in profit.
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