SSM St. Clare Offers New Program To Streamline ER Patient Waiting Times
InQuicker will allow patients with minor emergencies to wait at home instead of the ER waiting room
A new service at some SSM Health Care hospitals will allow potential emergency room patients to wait at home for treatment instead of waiting in the ER's lobby, according to a news release from SSM Health Care. With a new service called InQuicker, SSM Health Care – St. Louis Emergency Department patients with minor emergencies can go online to hold their place in line. Instead of sitting in the waiting room, patients can select a projected treatment time online and relax at home or the location of their choice until it is time to go the ER for treatment. The news release explained the steps needed for potential patients to use InQuicker: Go to www.ssmhealth.com/er 2. Choose the nearest SSM hospital 3. Select a projected treatment time 4. …
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Latrisha
9:21 am on Wednesday, January 4, 2012
It seems to me if the patients can wait at home until called into care, then their condition is not really an emergency. Perhaps if this is the case, those patients can visit their PMDs or a STAT health clinic. Another scenario, what if the condition is indeed an emergency and while that patient waits at home the condition worsens. Triage nurses have assessment skills that can't be replaced by a … more ›