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Optimisation of patient flows and appointment schemes at the 1.5 metre outpatient clinic

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Funder

    NWO Netherlands

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Richard Boucherie

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Twente

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This project starts with an analysis and optimisation of the patient flow of four outpatient clinics of the Sint Maartenskliniek (rheumatology, orthopaedics) and the University Medical Center Utrecht (oncology, haematology). The characteristics of these outpatients' clinics are similar to a broad range of outpatient clinics: joint waiting room for an outpatient clinic by appointment, several appointments per day, and additional investigations (possibly without an appointment) prior to or following an appointment at another department.