Harbor:Same/Next Day Specialty Clinic Follow up: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:43, 27 February 2025

ED Extension appointment
- OOP, MHLA, DHS can all do this
- Typically used for: Ophtho, ENT, Ortho Cast room, OMFS, L&D
Discuss with the specialist and get name of approving doctor
- Patient gets DISCHARGED to specialty clinic, unless needs to come back to ED for admission/OR
- Continuation of ED care to stabilize their presenting emergent medical condition.
- This allows consultants to evaluate and treat patients in their clinic as opposed to coming to the ED
Process/Troubleshooting:
- ED Care should be complete
- Get agreement from consultant
- Must be scheduled for next business day
  - Must be during normal clinic operating hours and clinic must be open (Cast room is open until 11 pm 7 days a week)
- Place the ED to Urgent Specialty discharge order
  - PAC will make a patient-centered appt while still in the ED
  - ED physician should note time and place for patient to follow-up on the ED discharge paperwork, and make sure patient takes paperwork with them to clinic

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 ** This allows consultants to evaluate and treat patients in their clinic as opposed to coming to the ED
 * Process/Troubleshooting:
-# Get agreement from consultant
+** ED Care should be complete
-# Must be seen in 24 hours or next business day (if weekend/holiday)
+** Get agreement from consultant
-# ED Care should be complete
+** Must be scheduled for next business day
-# Must be during normal clinic operating hours and clinic must be open (Cast room is open until 11 pm 7 days a week)
+*** Must be during normal clinic operating hours and clinic must be open (Cast room is open until 11 pm 7 days a week)
-# ED Clerk schedules the visit as appropriate
+** Place the ED to Urgent Specialty discharge order
-## If it is for a patient going directly up to clinic and there are no available appointments, the clerks CANNOT overbook
+*** PAC will make a patient-centered appt while still in the ED
-## Ask the '''ED Registration supervisor to overbook''' /place in the PAC ED Scheduling Queue
+*** ED physician should note time and place for patient to follow-up on the ED discharge paperwork, and make sure patient takes paperwork with them to clinic
-# ED physician should note time and place for patient to follow-up on the ED discharge paperwork, and make sure patient takes paperwork with them to clinic
-# If any issues, consider attending involvement and/or contact DEM Admin on Duty via cell.
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