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SVCMC St. Vincent De Paul OTC. NIATx Report. Getting To This Point. Telephone Answering Protocol Screening and Intake Protocol Back-up Rotation of Intake Personnel Clinic Specific E-mail Address Standardized Outreach Letter Memorandum of Understanding. PLAN Increase Clinic Census.
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SVCMCSt. Vincent De Paul OTC NIATx Report
Getting To This Point • Telephone Answering Protocol • Screening and Intake Protocol • Back-up Rotation of Intake Personnel • Clinic Specific E-mail Address • Standardized Outreach Letter • Memorandum of Understanding
PLANIncrease Clinic Census Increase the number of 2010 admissions over the number of 2009 admissions
DO“In-Reach” Initiative • Seek out the assistance of current patients in the recruiting process. • Notify all patients of the process verbally and by posted signs. • Develop processes to accurately log the number of new patients referred by current patients and which patients had made the referrals. • Institute a patient reward system.
STUDY • Comparison of the number of patients admitted between January and May of 2010 to the same period in 2008 and 2009.
ACT • Expand “in-reach” by educating all staff and patients on the “in-reach” concept and process. • Introduce “in-reach” to new patients as part of new patient orientation.
IMPACT • Increased in admissions by 40% over 2009. • Increased census. • Increased billable weeks, resulting in increased revenue.