One of the most frustrating aspects for patients of attending an ED is not knowing how long the wait will be. Cabrini ED addressed this issue by creating a Wait Time Display as a quality improvement and patient service initiative. The average waiting time to be seen is calculated by
Australia’s first COVID-19 RESUS Medical Facility at Monash Health was built within 3 weeks, with the modular infrastructure built and installed on site by SPACECUBE within a day. The facility was built using 25 cubes, spanning 360sqm over two-levels; housing six negative pressure resuscitation beds, a nurse’s station, medication room,
In a BMJ (British Medical Journal) study, emergency physicians saw 26% more patients and patients left the emergency department 19 minutes sooner when a medical scribe assisted the physician. Having scribes on the team was safe and the scribe role was found to be cost-effective for Australian hospitals. Emergency physicians
Physician Assistants (PA) are an established role in the US, but to date have been uncommon in Australia. The Bachelor of Health Science (Physician Assistant) is a three year course offered at James Cook University in Townsville with students entering having experience in other aspects of healthcare previously. After graduating, Physician Assistant
For every patient an Emergency Physician sees, there is at least half an hour of clerical data entry that follows. Medical Scribes take on the clerical workload of the Emergency Physician by documenting the history, examination findings and care plan in real time. They also source information from patients’ medical
The advent of electronic medical records improved how readily clinical staff can access patients’ health information and allows admitting physicians to view records of new patients while they are still being worked up in the emergency department. The record contains much more data than the clinical notes entered by doctors
Aged care residents are often transferred to Emergency Departments when they require medical attention, even in the case where care could be provided in residence. This places burden on the patients who must be transferred out of their comfort into the hospital, only to be returned after assessment. The burden