Unit 3 Medical Office Waiting Room

My placement at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital – Ward 3A has been full of great opportunities for learning.

The implications and effects on patients waiting long hours to be seen in the ED are immense. In a recent study done over five years in Ontario hospitals showed the risk of adverse events and even deaths increased with the length of stay in the ED (Science Daily, 2011). When EDs become overcrowded the quality of care changes and declines; which is extremely dangerous. Authors of the study calculated that if ED length of stay was cut by only an hour that 150 fewer Ontarians would die each year (Science Daily, 2011). Wait times can also negatively affect patients financially, untreated medical conditions can lead to reduced productivity and inability to work leading to increased financial strains (Fraser Institute, 2014). As well as delayed access to care can result in more complex interventions needed. Therefore an initiative is needed to provide patients with timely, efficient care when accessing

Patients do not need a referral to see a specialist. They can be seen by most physicians with a short waiting period of a day or more. However, they may wait hours in the office for a 3 minute consultation (Economist, 2011).

When a patient scheduled an appointment, they arrived, and now you are waiting to be seen by the doctor for over 15 minutes. Or when you have the appointment, and you have waited in the lobby for about 20 minutes pass your appointment time to be seen by the doctor, you’re called inside the patient room, and from there you are still asked to wait on the doctor for over 15 minutes.

A reasonable time to keep a patient waiting at the doctors office may vary. Depends on that kind of practice they are running. Some yhink no more than 15 minutes in the waiting room and 10 minutes in the examine room. The more specialized the doctor is ,the longer the wait .

The patient should arrive 30 minutes prior to appointment time to allow enough time for the registration process.

A Ward Nurse is a nurse that works in a hospital setting. It’s important that nurses are caring, compassionate and have a genuine commitment to helping their patients; however in order to work as a Ward Nurse, a degree in nursing is needed and you must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Ward Nurses can work long hours that while flexible, will mean that a lot of time is dedicated to the job. Ward Nurses often do shift work to provide 24hr care for someone.

A call came at 10 saying that there was no need for an additional doctor yet because of how slow the emergency room was that day. We were eventually told to come in at 12:00 though, but the fact that the amount of time you're made to work directly correlates to how busy the E.R. is was a weird concept to me. The way the emergency room is laid out is with a central station of desks with a wall separating the two haves. Surrounding the desks are the patients room. As a doctor, you simply wait until a patient is set up in a room by nurses and then claim the patient in the system. Each patient has a description of their pain complaint in the computer along with a ranked emergency level. After claiming the patient, the doctor go to see them in there room. When a Doctor visits a patients room, they do exactly what one thinks they would do— they ask questions. It was interesting to note how differently my father and Dr. James went about these interviews. Dr. James was more of a talking, “why don't you tell me what the issue is” kind of doctor. She let the patients talk but gently guided the conversations. She was very nice and would explain exactly what she meant in basic, social terms. On the other hand, my father was computer-like efficient in his investigation. He would always ask the same set of specific questions in each case no matter what the problem was. He would always be the one in charge and almost a bit callus in his method. That’s not to say

On Friday, October 28, 2016, at approximately 4:07PM, I, Officer Larry Thomas responded to the New Patient Tower room (H420), in reference to a female causing a disturbance.

Once you arrive at the emergency room, you experience more waiting depending on your current condition. Some of these waits depend on: length of stay, time waiting for assessment, condition, waiting for inpatient bed, and lack of resources. Finally, when you’re ready to leave the emergency department waits can occur, like waiting for an inpatient bed or a ride home (CIHI, 2012). All of these reasons impact the growing wait times, with older adults becoming more frequent in emergency departments and the increasing population of older adults these wait times are going to continue to grow causing more harm than good, if older adults are unable to receive the appropriate care in a timely matter (Cooke, Oliver, & Burns, 2012).

I feel that Medical Assistant as well as Nurse’s need to understand where exactly the patient is coming from as far as wait times for patients. The patients have to wait in the waiting room and then be placed in a room to wait just as long as the waiting room. So, I don’t think it is fair to have people waiting hours to see the doctor. I think if we give the tablets to the patients in their waiting room they will be able to take a survey while they wait in the room. I think the physicians should know how long patients have to wait to be seen. I think the staff should have a meeting including the physicians to see how they can better

Emergency departments are considered an important aspect of the health care system. For many years, wait times have been an area of concern for many Canadians and remain a significant issue. One of the major concerns within the Canadian health care system is the amount of time spent as waiting time in the healthcare services. Wait times are the length of time from when the patient is triaged and registered, to when the patient leaves from the emergency room (Affleck, Parks, Drummond, Rowe, & Ovens, 2013). Whether waiting for a doctor, waiting for prescription medication, or even waiting to get tested, the reasons for wait time in Canada are caused by many factors (Cole, Hopman, & Kawakami, 2011). This paper will seek to examine the factors contributing to longer wait times in the emergency department, examine the ways in which wait times impact society, and conclude by presenting possible solutions to reduce wait times.

You will need to determine facility location to transportation, medical providers, dentists, community centers, grocery stories, churches, temples and other places of worship, and distance to emergency rooms; (to save money, a number of hospitals and emergency rooms have closed or are in the process of closing). That extra travel time to an emergency room might make a difference in wait time. Studies reveal that the average wait time in American hospital emergency rooms is approximately 4 hours.

43 minutes at first and when the system was improved the time went down to

Upon arrival a patient should have been made aware about a delay therefore he/she would not get inpatient. The appointment itself should not be rushed. A health proffessional should have explained everything in a clear and precise manner giving patient the opportunity to voice any concern or ask any additional questions. In regards to the appointment itself, the