Flavio Rocha, Flavio G Rocha, Hedinger Chair of Surgical Oncology and Physician-in-Chief at OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, shared Matthias Merkel’s, Sr Associate Chief Medical Officer, Capacity Management and Patient Flow at Oregon Health and Science University, post on LinkedIn, adding:
“Congratulations Matthias Merkel and Mission Control team for instituting this innovative effort to bring in our OHSU Knight Cancer Institute patients for lifesaving diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during a difficult time. This publication can now serve as blueprint for others to amplify your success.”
Quoting Matthias Merkel’s post:
“Super excited to have our work published to increase access to highly specialized care in our academic health center to reduce the need for interfacility transfers and prolonged wait times for patients.”
Title: The Procedure-Only Transfer Pathway – An Alternative to Standard Interhospital Transfer to Address Time-Sensitive Procedural Needs
Authors: Michael Hendricks, Kellie Littlefield, James Clements, Kelly Smith, Matthias Merkel
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