Combined clerking – streamlining emergency admissions

Completeness in clerking: The surgical admissions proforma

BACKGROUND The accessibility of surgical patient data is a key safety concern, and relies on efficient clerking and handovers. This project assessed whether the introduction of a surgical clerking proforma improved the recording of patient information in the surgical admissions unit (SAU) at Northwick Park Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Existing patient notes were assessed on content and eas...

Checklist clerking document improves health promotion among medical admissions

Health promotion, as defined by the Ottawa Charter (1) is the 'process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health'. Four life style risk factors: smoking, alcohol, obesity and physical activity are recognised as leading to health inequalities. These factors have implications at an individual, community and national level and the burden of disease has large cost imp...

Streamlining the Medical School Admissions Process for Couples.

Predicting emergency department admissions.

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate models to predict emergency department (ED) presentations and hospital admissions for time and day of the year. METHODS Initial model development and validation was based on 5 years of historical data from two dissimilar hospitals, followed by subsequent validation on 27 hospitals representing 95% of the ED presentations across the state. Forecast accuracy wa...

Emergency departments reduce admissions

Background It has been discussed whether emergency departments (EDs) reduce hospital admissions or not, and if the high turnover of patients results in higher readmission rates. Region Zealand was one of the first regions in Denmark to establish EDs, where all the acute patients for the hospital should be received: Køge and Holbæk (no beds, doctors employed by and working only in the ED), Nykøb...