On Saturday 11 November 2006 15:02, Ian Haywood wrote:
> As an example,
> currently discharges are faxed by me [1] on the fax machine costing
> 15c/call, more importantly, no-one else in the organisation has to get
> involved.
And your time? Are the numbers programmed in the fax machine? do you spend
time getting the number?
That's the economic mistake made by the health economist.
Ian has to fax discharge summary, say to me, who is not on any hospital
directory. He has to access yellowpages or whitepages - no internet access -
someone has to telephone directory assistance. Choose wrong number and its
expensive. Ring us up, wait on hold and then ask reception for fax number.
Send fax.
RMO / Reg has now spent 15 minutes on the job. The local ones he faxed in 2
minutes each. Total 30 mins in a day spent doing a job which could be
completely automated.
And if Ian writes illegibly, well, I'll turn the paper round and round, hold
it up to the light, do anything, but never work out what that medication is.
Liz
--
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
-- Paul Tillich, German theologian and historian
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