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Journal Article
Quality improvement approach to reduce patient cycle time at a student-run free healthcare clinical network
2024
Overview
BackgroundThe University of Florida (UF) Equal Access Clinic Network (EACN) is the largest student-run free healthcare clinic network in Florida. The UF EACN serves those who are underinsured or uninsured in Alachua County and its surrounding area. Nationally, average total clinic time per medical visit has been established to be 84 min.ProblemBefore this project, average patient cycle time at the UF EACN was 125.3 min, and there was no established quality improvement (QI) team to implement changes to address inefficiencies.MethodsThis was a prospective QI study that recorded patient cycle times for patients who received healthcare at any of the four primary care free clinics across the UF EACN from 5 July 2022 to 6 April 2023.InterventionsEighteen Plan–Do–Study–Act cycles were tailored to each of the four primary care clinic’s needs with a focus on reducing patient cycle time by addressing the following identified problems: prolonged intake process, translation services, limited numbers of volunteers, and other inefficiencies and bottlenecks in workflow.ResultsThe median patient cycle time at the EACN shifted from 125.3 min to 112.7 min over a nine month period. This drop of 12.6 min meant patients saw a 10.1% reduction in patient cycle time across the EACN.ConclusionUnderserved patients at EACN are experiencing increased value by having shorter patient cycle times.
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group,BMJ Publishing Group LTD,BMJ Publishing Group
