Improving veterans' access to gastroenterology clinical care.
JAAPA
; 31(3): 47-49, 2018 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29470372
ABSTRACT
At a VA hospital, wait times for gastroenterology care have been in the order of 60 to 90 days for new clinic consults. Through a quality improvement process, these times were reduced to less than 30 days. With a revised triage process, the number of consults needing to be scheduled into the clinic was reduced 34%. In addition to achieving rapid clinical access, the weekly half-day clinic became less congested and more efficient. We describe this process of achieving improved access.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Melhoria de Qualidade
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Assistência Ambulatorial
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Gastroenterologia
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
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Hospitais de Veteranos
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
JAAPA
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article