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MD Connect

MDConnect is a unique service which provides around-the-clock, comprehensive inter-facility transfer and transport of inpatients to Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

The program is designed to support referring physicians and hospitals by facilitating the rapid transfer of all inpatients  to and from MGH or BWH
The purpose of MDConnect is to provide the ability to transfer an inpatient to any service at either BWH or MGH with one phone call as well as enhance communication between referring physicians in the community and receiving physicians at our two Boston hospitals while improving care during transport by providing specially equipped and staffed critical care ambulances.

Here is the process for referring physicians to transfer a patient:

1. Call MD Connect at 1-877-MD-REFER (1-877-637-3337) and tell us which of our hospitals you would prefer to transfer your patient to. If you have no preference, we can facilitate and expedite transfer of your patient to either Massachusetts General Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital.
2. Talk directly to an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital or Massachusetts General Hospital. After providing pertinent medical data to our transfer coordinators, either stay on the line or return to your patient and our attending physician will call you back promptly.
3. Decide if you would like MDConnect to handle ambulance transport. Simply tell our transfer coordinators that you would like MDConnect to manage transportation to Boston, and we will make the arrangements.