Right now there is NO standardization regarding what it means to have an appointment in Pathways. For example, some services schedule time for their clinic nurses, nutritionists, social workers and physicians. Others schedule only their physicians' time and other providers drop in throughout the visit as they find time.
The lengths of some procedure codes reflect only the amount of time the provider spends in the room. Others reflect the entire amount of time the family spends in the room. Some have virtually no bearing on reality whatsoever.
Until we have consistency in scheduling, any room allocation system will be flawed and unsustainable.
When appointment types and procedure codes were designed for Pathways, there was no consideration given to the kind of organization wide applications that data would be used for. Now is the time to line up the ducks.
My Plan
- Standardize Pathways
- Use that data to update room allocations in the old system.
- Design and trial Air Traffic Control Room allocation system.
- Transfer the old system into the new Air traffic control system.
- All room assignments become real time only.
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