Direct Admits to Southcoast Health

At Southcoast, we do all that we can to make connecting health professionals in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with our services as simple as possible, such as through direct admits. You can trust every part of your patient’s care to our team of experienced health professionals at Southcoast Health. From cardiology to surgical services and cancer care, we offer award-winning care personalized to our patients’ needs.

If you are a physician wanting to directly admit a patient to one of our hospitals, use the documentation below. For questions, contact us at:

Julie Lizotte, MS, CPXP
Director of Non-Clinical Process Improvement and Practice Optimization
Phone: 508-973-3445
Cell: 774-305-5367
LizotteJ@southcoast.org

Direct Admit Documentation

• Direct Admit from MD Office-SLH
• Direct Referral ED-SLH
• Direct Referral ED-Tobey
• Walk-In Ancillary Testing-SLH

Pediatric Direct Admission

If you would like to arrange a direct admission to Southcoast for pediatric services, please call our transfer center at 855-659-9090 (extension 35540 within the system). The center’s staff will conference in the on-duty Boston Children’s physician and arrange a bed at the same time, requiring you to make only one call to admit your patient to our pediatric inpatient unit.

Southcoast Health accepts direct admits from physicians across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.