Assessing Unwanted Variations in Rheumatology Clinic Previsit Rooming.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rheumatologists face time pressures similar to primary care but have not generally benefitted from optimized team-based rooming during the time from the waiting room until the rheumatologist enters the room.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess current capacity for population management in rheumatology clinics; we aimed to measure the tasks performed by rheumatology clinic staff (medical assistants or nurses) during rooming.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional time-study and work-system analysis to measure rooming workflows at 3 rheumatology clinics in an academic multispecialty practice during 2014-2015. We calculated descriptive statistics and compared frequencies and durations using Fisher exact test and analysis of variance.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ramly E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230515 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature