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Direct Hospital Admission

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Direct admission

  1. Page Lead Hospitalist (pager #7217) by calling 212-241-1300 (x41300) or by looking in Amion under "Hospitalists / ADS Medicine NP - MSH." Discuss case with Lead Hospitalist to get approval for the direct admission.

  2. Contact the Admitting Department via telephone at 212-241-1900. Be prepared to provide patient demographics, ICD-10 code for admission diagnosis, insurance information, desired date of admission, and the accepting physician (the Lead/Night Hospitalist).

  3. Admitting will notify the patient and communicate all admission instructions to the patient once the requested bed is ready.

Transfers from outside health facilities

As a reminder, for transfers from outside health facilities into MSH, please contact the Patient Transfer Center at 1-800-TO-SINAI or www.mountsinaihealth.org/access.