XFERALL provides immediate solution
Today’s declaration of a national emergency in children’s mental health validates what clinicians across the country have been reporting for months about the worsening state of pediatric mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In their declaration, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association urge policymakers to take action both in the short- and long-term to improve access to children’s mental health care.
Hospitals and community mental health organizations have seen increased need for behavioral health care for children and adolescents, but care availability has struggled to keep up with the need. Children’s hospitals reportedly saw a 45 percent increase in pediatric self-injury and suicide cases between January and July of this year. Last year, pediatric mental health-related hospital emergency department visits increased 24 percent for children ages 5-11 and 31 percent for older children and adolescents.
XFERALL supports today’s declaration and applauds the increased attention to the behavioral health needs of children and adolescents. We’re also proud to offer a solution that can be implemented by any hospital within a matter of weeks to immediately get pediatric patients in crisis into treatment more quickly.
Forward-thinking hospitals across the country are using XFERALL’s mobile patient transfer platform to rapidly connect patients needing inpatient behavioral health care with a clinically and demographically appropriate bed. Since 2019, XFERALL has facilitated the transfer of thousands of children and adolescents experiencing a behavioral health crisis to clinically appropriate inpatient treatment. Our placement time for children and adolescents is less than three hours, compared with the national average of more than eight hours. Overall, across all our partner hospitals for all of their patients, XFERALL has reduced the time from initial request for transfer to inpatient acceptance for behavioral health patients by 86 percent.
With XFERALL, clinicians have the power in the palm of their hands not simply to see where available or open beds are but actually get patients transferred quickly and efficiently. XFERALL’s mobile app enables clinicians to:
Locate a facility with not only an available bed but also clinically appropriate staff and other resources needed for a particular patient’s diagnosis, acuity, level of security needed, and other relevant demographics, such as age and gender.
Upload all relevant clinical documentation one time.
Track transfer time from time of the request to patient arrival at the receiving facility.
Coordinate post-hospitalization follow-up to increase treatment plan adherence and medication compliance.
Schedule a demo to see how XFERALL can easily be implemented in your hospital to help pediatric patients in crisis get the care and treatment they need more quickly.