PROCESS REDESIGN IN AMBULATORY EMERGENCY CARE
UTILISING POINT OF CARE TESTING

 
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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
  1. Discuss how to redesign service in acute and emergency medicine
  2. Demonstrate how point-of-care testing pathways can help drive new models of care
  3. Examine the potential improvement metrics including reduction in hospital admissions and length of stay



This event is produced by Whitehat Communications and sponsored by Abbott Point of Care.