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Optimizing Load-Leveling and Streamlining Patient Transfers: A Case Study on Mercy Health – Toledo’s Top Gun Initiative
Imagine you are part of the emergency department team at a rural hospital. You have a patient who is medically stable but requires a higher level of care. You contact the acute hospital within your health system, which has the necessary specialists, seeking their assistance in admitting the patient. Unfortunately, the receiving facility has no available beds.