practice appointment rates could have a significant impact on national health care costs and services offered by doctors. in this respect a study was designed to determine the relationship between practice appointments and possible predictors in high-risk asthmatics. an observational retrospective analysis of the predictors for the practice appointments in asthmatic patients with at least one h...

BACKGROUND Managing patients' requests for appointments is an important general practice activity. No previous research has systematically observed how patients and receptionists negotiate appointments. AIM To observe appointment making and investigate patients' and professionals' experiences of appointment negotiations. DESIGN OF STUDY A qualitative study using participant observation. S...

Practice appointment rates could have a significant impact on national health care costs and services offered by doctors. In this respect a study was designed to determine the relationship between practice appointments and possible predictors in high-risk asthmatics. An observational retrospective analysis of the predictors for the practice appointments in asthmatic patients with at least one h...

Some patients have difficulty in achieving an appointment to see a doctor in a university teaching practice. Only five per cent of patients indicated serious difficulty. Patients who discriminate in favour of seeing a particular doctor have greater difficulty. It is suggested also that some patients have the same difficulty if they are making an appointment to see a particular doctor.Clearly th...

background: waiting time indicates the feasibility of access to medical services and can be measured as a performance indicator. long waiting times prohibit the provision of good services, waste patients’ time, and jeopardise patient satisfaction. therefore, patients' satisfaction from waiting time plays a significant role in quality assurance and management. methods: in this qualitative study,...

Practice appointment rates could have a significant impact on national health care costs and services offered by doctors. In this respect a study was designed to determine the relationship between practice appointments and possible predictors in high-risk asthmatics. An observational retrospective analysis of the predictors for the practice appointments in asthmatic patients with at least one h...

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Computerised appointment system. Computerised appointment systems offer great flexibility in making and checking appointments but have to be extremely well written to be more usable than the traditional appointment book at the reception desk. One strength of the book is that it readily allows the receptionist an overview of activity in the practice, whereas computerised systems often show just ...