Saint Francis Regional Patient Transfer Center

To refer a patient, call our patient transfer center.

One number, one call to connect your patient to regional emergency and acute care services.

The Saint Francis Regional Patient Transfer Center is here to help connect and facilitate getting your patient to emergency or acute care and transfer through one phone call.

By making one call to 918-502-1000 (or toll-free at 888-723-5215), or with an order submitted through EpicConnect, our team will evaluate and facilitate the transfer/bed request whether it be to a Saint Francis hospital site or another hospital in Tulsa or the surrounding area.

The Regional Patient Transfer Center can:

  • Facilitate the transfer of adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
  • Provide a single point of contact to coordinate transfer options
  • Provide physician or APRN assessment as needed
  • Connect with more than one health system as needed for bed availability
  • Save your team multiple calls to regional facilities to find a bed for the patient

Note: The transfer center does not handle mental health transfers. For mental health transfers, please contact the Laureate Clinical Assessment Department at 918-491-4000 or toll-free at 833-757-0739. These phone numbers handle transfer requests to our following behavioral health service locations:

  • Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital (adult and senior inpatient)
  • Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee (senior inpatient)
  • Saint Francis Hospital Vinita (senior inpatient)

How It Works

We make it easy to transfer your patient, so they can get the care that they need. Patients can be transferred by following a six-step process:

  1. A hospital needs to transfer a patient
  2. Call our transfer center at 918-502-1000 (or toll-free at 888-723-5215) or enter ADT35 order via EpicConnect
  3. Our transfer center team immediately responds to perform a patient assessment
  4. If necessary, a clinical consult will take place with the transfer physician
  5. Our transfer center facilitates the transfer
  6. Referring facility coordinates transfer to receiving hospital
Transfer center steps

Want to learn more about the Saint Francis Regional Transfer Center? Watch our short video highlighting the importance of the transfer center, as well as how it helps patients and physicians in the region.