Improving ER wait times

Improving ER wait times

1. long

   • 4 hours and 7 minutes

2. Patients become uncomfortable

   • In pain for long periods of time
     • Can cause further injury
     • Can cause death

3. Solutions

   • Swipeable insurance card
     • Example Credit Card
     • Automatically fills out paperwork
     • Inexpensive
   • POS system
     • Restaurant based
     • Rates patients based on condition
     • Saves time
   • Buzzer
     • Restaurant based
     • Reduces anxiety
     • Informs patient when they are ready

4. Key issue: paperwork

   • Time consuming
   • Confusing if someone else needs to fill out for patieient

5. Triaging patients

   • Where doctor or nurse rates patient based on emergency
     • Patients with worse condition get seen first
   • Important process
   • Slows down process