PROCESS REDESIGN IN AMBULATORY
EMERGENCY CARE UTILISING
POINT OF CARE TESTING
PRESENTER
Phil Weihser BSc. PGCert. MSc.
James Paget University Hospital NHS Trust, UK
SUMMARY
Emergency departments in many countries are suffering from
overcrowding and increased admission rates. This is due to
numerous factors such as a rise in chronic disease, an ageing
population and access to care.
Many healthcare systems are looking at models of care to help
reduce the burden on acute services by decreasing the length of
stay in hospital, and by reducing the number of unnecessary
admissions.
This webinar highlights how a university hospital in the UK has
tackled the problem, by implementing a 7-day Ambulatory
Emergency Care service (AEC). The speaker will highlight the
clinical, financial and operational benefits achieved through
the novel use of point of care testing, evidence-based service
redesign, condition specific pathways, and access to senior
clinical decision makers. |
Learning objectives
- Discuss how to redesign service in acute and
emergency medicine
- Demonstrate how point-of-care testing pathways
can help drive new models of care
- Examine the potential improvement metrics
including reduction in hospital admissions and
length of stay
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This event is produced by Whitehat Communications and sponsored
by Abbott Point of Care.
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