The GTA Rehab Network continues to advance its Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) initiative, aimed at reducing delays and improving timely transfers of patients from acute care to inpatient rehab. On May 20, the NEPT booking process was launched between the following sites: University Health Network and St. Michael’s Hospital as acute care sites, and Providence Healthcare […]

Following a successful pilot, the GTA Rehab Network is now expanding its Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) model to new hospital partners. Originally developed to reduce rehab and CCC admission delays caused by transportation booking issues, the model enables the receiving rehab team to coordinate non-emergency transport, rather than relying on acute care teams. Since its […]

A pilot of the successful non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) model with a second group of GTA hospitals is now complete. Spread of the NEPT model has been underway since January 2024 and has been enriched with learnings from the first phase of this project. Its goal is to help reduce admission delays to rehab/CCC hospitals […]