Hypothesis: efficient operation of primary care depends on clinical triage of all demand, to optimise the use of scarce consulting resource – GP time.
The faster and simpler the system, the more patients will co-operate.
Who does what, when and how?
Patient “I need help…” Make it easy to provide enough detail for triage. Online, anytime.
Reception ”I’ll assign you to a clinician, unless I can help you myself” (within minutes, verify patient, choose clinician)
GP “I’ll work out how to help, usually phone, may see you, send a message, or refer” (take seconds, within minutes, from online entry)
Consult & complete – precisely appropriate for the patient and episode.
Presented at EFPC European Forum for Primary Care, Annual Conference Porto 24-26 September 2017
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