Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service There’s no I in team: Clinic (practice) improvements based on resident feedback!

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service CONTINUITY!!! TEAM Follow up (applies to all) Special Sessions (PGY3’s) PLANNED VISITS (PGY2 and PGY3’s)

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service My patient needs a quick follow-up…but I am starting night float!

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Team follow-up sessions Do you have a patient with a form that needs to be completed soon? A patient who needs a quick B/P check? A patient who needs sooner follow-up to review lab results? If you have no available appointments, use the Team Follow-up session. Each team will have 2 sessions/month that can be booked only with that team’s follow-up patients—patients who need a quick, focused visit.

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Level of Care for team follow-up Document exactly what needs to be done with your patient. The team resident does only what you indicated—not a comprehensive visit, but rather a focused visit. For Z-outs, this will likely be a level 3 visit Send a short to the referring colleague, if indicated. For example—”Mr. Lee’s B/P=134/70; he is tolerating dyazide well.”

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service I’m a PGY-3 and I don’t have enough clinic slots to see my patients…what can I do?

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service PGY-3 Special Sessions Each PGY-3 will have one session/month that only he/she can book patients into. This will make it possible for you to follow your own patients. There will be 6 slots initially, increasing to seven in Jan This dedicated follow-up session should obviate the need to overbook.

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service This patient needs more than 15 minutes…how can I take better care of her?

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service The Planned Visit You’ll see two patients in the session and you’ll choose them yourself Good choices might be patients with poorly controlled chronic conditions, poor compliance with medications, psychiatric disease, frequent ED flyers, etc… These will not be in the booking schedule! Let the front desk Associates and your PCA’s you are expecting patients!

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Important Tidbits of Info Booking will be a three step process (not planned visits): First, check AMION for the dates and times of these special sessions Tell the patient when to come back Send an on Outlook to: APCS ACM with the patient’s MR number and telephone number.

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Can you view future booking? Sure! Ask any PCA or clerical person to show you the availability of these special sessions. It takes a few minutes, so try to pick a time when the staff isn’t busy. They are willing and able to help you.

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Caveats…. You can see other/additional patients if your Special Sessions, Team Follow ups or Planned visits are not booked and confirmed or are NO-SHOW Planned visits should be confirmed by you!!! Make a note in “other contact” Booking Associates will check your panel the night before to identify any unused/unconfirmed/open slots that can be used for refills or overflow….

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Pitfalls/Troubleshooting No special sessions in the schedule… Special sessions are already booked… Special sessions are incorrectly booked… Nobody seems to know what you are talking about… Let a manager know what is going on!

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Clinic Basics

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service Walk in closes for lunch at 12:15. Tell the DT and the PCA if any charts are still on your door. If you are on call you are expected to see no more than three patients (two for PGY-1’s) and to finish by 3:00. In regular clinic PGY-1’s should see four patients; PGY-2’s six; PGY-3’s seven. If a patient is more than 30 minutes late please discuss this with a DT. (Asking the patient to re- schedule is an option.)

Jacobi Ambulatory Care Service In the morning, clinic starts at 8:30 and ends at 12:15. In the afternoon, it starts at 1:15 and ends at 4:30ish. Please sign in. Let the DTs know if you start falling behind. They are here to help. If you see a DT unavailable, please do not hesitate to say: “Hi—I need to present a case!”

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