Dear Jane
I have worked in two hospitals where this has been done and was universally
disliked by the clinicians who implemented the system. The managers loved
them as for minimal outlay they made an apparant impact on the wl's. The fun
part of physio is the treating and assessments should be hard and draining.
My colleagues who have done these clinics say they are expected to make snap
decisions in often complex cases, cubby hole and label patients and feel the
environment is highly pressured and unrewarding.
So in the interests of retaining your staff and giving the patients a good
deal, tell the cheap skate managers to cough up the readies and employ
enough physios to do the job and stop clinicians altering practice to bail
them out. As many people are comparing we are a fraction of the price of a
consultant, but in outpatient clinics perform the same function. if not
better, in 40-92% of the caseload. For the latter point references can
follow if necessary.
Regards Kevin Reese PT UK
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From: jane miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 17 August 2000 13:32
Subject: triage appointments
> Dear all,
> Our department is considering using a form of 15-20 minute pre assessment
in
> order to decrease and prioritise waiting list patients prior to a 1st
> assessment appointment (like a triage assessment) Has anybody much
> experience of this idea? We would be extremely grateful for any ideas or
> teething problems other departments have experienced setting up such a
> system
> many thanks
> Jane Miller
> Physiotherapist
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