Use the interward transfer function in CHCS to

• A. Move a patient from one unit to another within the military treatment facility (MTF)
• B. Update a remaining overnight (RON) patient's location
• C. Move a patient from one MTF to another MTD
• D. Correct a previous ward assignment error

Answer: (A)

Interward transfer in CHCS is the function used to relocate a patient from one unit to another within the same military treatment facility, updating the patient’s bed and location in the facility’s records as they move domestically between wards or units. This is exactly what is being described when you move a patient from one unit to another within the MTF, making it the appropriate operation for intra-facility relocations.

The other options involve different processes: updating the location of a remaining overnight patient is a routine status update rather than a full unit transfer; moving a patient to another MTF would be an interfacility transfer, not an interward transfer; and correcting a ward assignment error could be addressed in various ways, but the stated function is specifically about relocating within the facility, not correcting past entries.