Quality improvement approach to reduce patient cycle time at a student-run free healthcare clinical network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The University of Florida (UF) Equal Access Clinic Network (EACN) is the largest student-run free healthcare clinic network in Florida. The UF EACN serves those who are underinsured or uninsured in Alachua County and its surrounding area. Nationally, average total clinic time per medical visit has been established to be 84 min.

Problem

Before this project, average patient cycle time at the UF EACN was 125.3 min, and there was no established quality improvement (QI) team to implement changes to address inefficiencies.

Methods

This was a prospective QI study that recorded patient cycle times for patients who received healthcare at any of the four primary care free clinics across the UF EACN from 5 July 2022 to 6 April 2023.

Interventions

Eighteen Plan-

SUBMITTER: Kronlage RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448213 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature