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| LETTER TO EDITOR |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 107 |
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Physician attendance during interhospital patient transfer
Beuy Joob1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Department of Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
| Date of Web Publication | 23-Sep-2019 |
Correspondence Address:
PhD Beuy Joob
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/CJRM.CJRM_37_19
How to cite this article:
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Physician attendance during interhospital patient transfer. Can J Rural Med 2019;24:107 |
Dear Editor,
We read the publication on 'Physician attendance during interhospital patient transfer in Ontario: 2005-2015' with great interest.[1] Wonnacott et al. concluded that 'physician-attended ambulance transfer in Ontario is largely provided by family physicians in suburban to remote settings'.[1] We would like to share some ideas on this issue. There is no doubt that having a physician attend during the interhospital transfer is useful. Nevertheless, the decision to transfer has to be carefully considered.[2] In remote areas, there might be a limited number of physicians and it might not be possible for a physician to attend the patient transfer. In our setting, i.e. in a developing Asian country, it is usually not possible to have a physician attend during the interhospital transfer in remote areas. Generally, nurses play this role. In a worst case scenario, the facilities for transfer of patients are limited and the ambulance is sometimes lacking. To overcome the problem, a good plan for implementing a good transfer system is required. Training of specific personnel in the transfer process might be a good management tool for the lack of facilities and workload of medical personnel in remote areas in a developing country.
Financial support and sponsorship: Nil.
Conflicts of interest: There are no conflicts of interest.
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| 1. | Wonnacott D, Frymire E, Khan S, Green ME. Physician attendance during interhospital patient transfer in Ontario: 2005-2015. Can J Rural Med 2019;24:37-43.  [ PUBMED] [Full text] |
| 2. | Mohr NM, Wong TS, Faine B, Schlichting A, Noack J, Ahmed A. Discordance between patient and clinician experiences and priorities in rural interhospital transfer: A mixed methods study. J Rural Health 2016;32:25-34. |
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