Technology is also helping here with "ReddiNet" systems to route patients to hospitals with bed availability. We are all staying indoors as much as possible. BD 
With tens of thousands of residents fleeing the San Diego County fires, Southwest Riverside County's already taxed health care system faces a daunting task ---- treating local patients, while also preparing to accept an unknown number of victims from hospitals being evacuated. For now, area hospitals are focused on local residents. With Interstate 15 closed south of the Riverside County line, San Diego County hospitals are being forced to evacuate patients elsewhere. After receiving an evacuation alert Monday afternoon, Fallbrook Hospital sought to move its acute care patients to Southwest Healthcare Systems facilities, said hospital spokeswoman Teresa Fleege. Southwest runs Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar and Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta.
Ruiter added that the hospital is increasing the frequency of updates to its ReddiNet system. ReddiNet is a computerized system that monitors how many beds and which type of beds are available at each hospital. She said they are updating the system several times per day, so hospitals in the affected areas have a better idea where to send patients.
Area hospitals prepare for the worst - The Californian / North County Times -
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