Interfacility Ambulance Transport
Interfacility Ambulance Transport in Houston
Preferred EMS provides coordinated interfacility ambulance transportation between hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, and other healthcare facilities throughout Greater Houston. BLS, ALS, and MICU transport can be coordinated based on the patient's transport needs and the requested level of care.
What Is Interfacility Ambulance Transport?
Interfacility ambulance transport moves patients from one healthcare facility to another when ambulance transportation is requested. This includes transfers between hospitals, from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation center, transfers for specialized care or appointments, and return transfers back to a healthcare facility.
Coordinating an interfacility transport typically involves communication between the referring facility, the receiving facility, the patient's healthcare team, and Preferred EMS dispatch. Our dispatch team works with facility coordinators to support efficient patient movement and continuity of care.
Preferred EMS can coordinate BLS, ALS, or MICU transport for interfacility transfers throughout Greater Houston. The appropriate level of transport is determined based on the patient's transport needs and coordinated with the referring healthcare team and Preferred EMS dispatch.
When Interfacility Transport May Be Appropriate
The following are general examples of situations where interfacility ambulance transport may be requested or considered. The appropriate level of transport is always determined in coordination with the referring healthcare team and Preferred EMS dispatch — not independently by this website.
Hospital-to-hospital transfers
Transporting patients between acute care hospitals when the referring team has arranged ambulance transportation to a receiving facility.
Hospital to skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility
Moving patients from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation center, or other post-acute care setting when ambulance transport has been arranged.
Transfers for specialized care or appointments
Transporting patients to a facility offering specialized services or for a scheduled appointment when ambulance transportation is requested by the healthcare team.
Return transfers to a healthcare facility
Returning patients to a healthcare facility following a procedure, appointment, or temporary transfer when ambulance transport is appropriate.
Long-distance facility-to-facility transportation
Extended-range transfers between healthcare facilities when the referring team has identified a need for ambulance transport over a longer distance.
Interfacility Transport for Healthcare Facilities
Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, and other healthcare facilities throughout Greater Houston work with Preferred EMS to coordinate interfacility ambulance transport. Our dispatch team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to coordinate transport requests from case managers, discharge planners, nursing staff, and care teams.
We work directly with facility coordinators to support efficient patient movement. Our crews communicate with sending and receiving facilities throughout the transport to support continuity of care. BLS, ALS, or MICU service can be arranged according to the transport requirements identified by the referring healthcare team.
Healthcare facilities looking to coordinate interfacility transport with Preferred EMS are welcome to contact our dispatch team or visit our Healthcare Facilities page for more information about our facility transport services.
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Serving Greater Houston
Preferred EMS provides interfacility ambulance transport throughout Houston and the surrounding region, including Sugar Land, Katy, Pearland, Pasadena, League City, Baytown, Clear Lake, and other communities across Greater Houston. Our dispatch team coordinates interfacility transport across the region 24 hours a day.
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Basic Life Support (BLS)
BLS ambulance transportation coordinated when the requested trip calls for BLS-level service.
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ALS ambulance transportation coordinated when the requested trip calls for ALS-level support.
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MICU ambulance transportation coordinated when the requested trip calls for MICU-level support.
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Discharge transport for patients transitioning from hospital to home or post-acute care.
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Extended-range ambulance transport for patients traveling beyond the Greater Houston area.
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Contact our dispatch team to coordinate interfacility ambulance transportation throughout Greater Houston.