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Introducing a medical ambulatory care service

Author(s) -

Shianne Varrier

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

future healthcare journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2514-6653

pISSN - 2514-6645

DOI - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s59

Subject(s) - ambulatory , service (business) , medical care , ambulatory care , medicine , medical emergency , nursing , business , health care , political science , law , marketing

To set up a safe and direct in-hours medical service for patients not requiring an overnight admission to be promptly seen and discharged on the same day, thereby reducing 0-day admissions and streamlining access to acute medicine.A 2-week pilot of the ambulatory care unit (ACU) service was run in December 2017 during working hours, 8am–4pm. The service was provided by a dedicated medical specialty registrar (StR) and overseen by an acute medicine consultant.The ACU StR triaged all …

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