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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of the ORAAprof instrument for Advanced Access [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to translate and cross-culturally adapt the self-reflective tool Outil Réflexif sur l’Accès Adapté (ORAAprof) into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: methodological study conducted from August 2022 to April 2023 in five stages: translation, back-
Alexandre Ramiro Pinto, Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli, Lucia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata   +2 more
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Behind the clock: elucidating factors contributing to longer clinic appointment duration and patient wait time

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Longer wait time in ambulatory clinics can disrupt schedules and decrease satisfaction. We investigated factors associated with patient wait time (WT, check-in to examination room placement), approximate clinician time (ACT, completion of ...
Daniel Jonathan Kagedan, Stephen B. Edge, Kazuaki Takabe   +2 more
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Reducing wait time from referral to first visit for community outpatient services may contribute to better health outcomes: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Many people wait long periods for community outpatient services. However little is known about the impact of waiting from referral to first visit on patient outcomes.
Annie K. Lewis, Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon, Nicholas F. Taylor   +3 more
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Staff perspectives of a model of access and triage for reducing waiting time in ambulatory services: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) is an intervention designed to reduce waiting time in community outpatient health services, shown to be effective in a large stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.
Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon, Annie K. Lewis, Sandra G. Leggat, Bridie Kent, Jennifer J. Watts, Nicholas F. Taylor   +6 more
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The Burden of Surgical Cancellations and No-Shows : Quality management study from a large regional hospital in Oman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2016
Objectives: The operating theatre (OT) is a vital facility that utilises a considerable portion of the hospital’s budget; thus proper OT utilisation is essential. Surgical cancellation is a leading cause of OT underutilisation. This study aimed to report
Sivasubramanian T. Appavu, Salim M. Al-Shekaili, Ahmed M. Al-Sharif, Mohamed M. Elawdy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing Outpatient Service with Strategic Walk-ins

Social Science Research Network, 2020
Outpatient care providers usually allow patients to access service via scheduling appointments or direct walk-in. Patients with acute symptoms are likely to walk in and other patients strategically choose between these two access channels (and otherwise ...
Nan Liu, Willem van Jaarsveld, Shan Wang, Guanlian Xiao   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Design and Development of Parent-Children Vaccination Alert System

Journal of Information Systems and Informatics, 2023
Elevated rates of child mortality in many developing contries can be attributed to a complex interplay of poverty, malnutrition, and a host of preventable and non-preventable diseases.
Bukohwo Michael Esiefarienrhe, Mmamosweu Caroline Patricia Makokoe   +1 more
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Stakeholders’ experiences, perceptions and satisfaction with an electronic appointment system: a qualitative content analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Online appointment scheduling systems have been designed and implemented to address barriers and problems related to in-person appointment scheduling; however, these systems also face challenges and issues that require continuous evaluation ...
Faezeh Ostadmohammadi, Ehsan Nabovati, Fatemeh Rangraze Jeddi, Leila Shokrizadeh Arani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence and root causes of delays in emergency orthopaedic procedures: a single-centre experience of 36,017 consecutive cases over seven years

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2018
Background Emergency surgery is unplanned by definition and patients are scheduled for surgery with minimal preparation. Some patients who have sustained emergency orthopaedic trauma or other conditions must be operated on immediately or within a few ...
Ulla Caesar, Jon Karlsson, Elisabeth Hansson   +2 more
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Stochastic integer programming for multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic planning

Health Care Management Science, 2017
Scheduling appointments in a multi-disciplinary clinic is complex, since coordination between disciplines is required. The design of a blueprint schedule for a multi-disciplinary clinic with open access requirements requires an integrated optimization ...
A. G. Leeftink, I. Vliegen, E. Hans
semanticscholar   +1 more source