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Team Effort Speeds Up Patient Wait Times

  • Having medical assistants take vitals instead of waiting for LPNs
  • Huddling twice daily to discuss needs and concerns
  • Dividing labor and shifting schedules where necessary

 What can your team do to huddle more often and more effectively? 

 

Create a Surgery Wait List and Serve More Patients

  • Creating a wait list for patients who need to schedule surgeries
  • Assigning a full-time employee to manage the wait list
  • Using openings in the schedule to squeeze in emergency patients

What can your team do to improve patient satisfaction and efficiencies in your department? What else could your team do to relieve scheduling backlogs?

 

 

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PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster, for use on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas, features a Colorado team that saved money and reduced customer complaints by tackling a printer problem.

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Format:
PDF (color and black and white)

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster, for use on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas, spotlights a team that cut wait times in half by nipping the need for repeat studies.

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Format:
PDF (color and black and white)

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

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Share this poster highlighting a team that reduced patient wait times by having medical assistants take patient vitals on bulletin boards, in break rooms and other staff areas.

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Format:
PDF

Size:
8.5" x 11"

Intended audience:
Frontline employees, managers and physicians

Best used:
This poster, suitable for bulletin boards in break rooms and other staff areas, spotlights a Radiology team that sped up service by converting a closet into a dressing room.

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