Establishing safe and effective delivery of patient care by increasing efficiency of Urgent Care facility
Nurses for data entry
DDxRx software
Nurse practitioners (NPs)
Steps
Obtaining clinically relevant history by nurses when patients arrive at triage
Running the DDxRx software by entering relevant information which includes signs, symptoms, laboratory and radiological studies if available
Creating progress notes and submitting decision support recommendations to physician prior to encounter
Provider can efficiently evaluate the patient and complete the notes, assessment and plan for the visit. This will save time for each encounter and increase overall patient volume.
Benefits
Decreased need for physician supervision as NPs can function more independently
Reduced need of NPs and increased efficiency of all providers sincerounding nurses can function effectively with less supervision using decision support system
Reduction of unnecessary tests ordered by providers as correct information is available on the chart.
