Real-time displays mooted

Lengthy queuing by outpatients to manually register could become a thing of the past in all six hospital Groups with the HSE planning to streamline the process with a new information system supplied by external contractors. The HSE is looking for patient self-registration electronic solutions that will help hospitals move from 100 per cent manual registration in order to improve the patient experience by eliminating queuing for registration, reducing overcrowding, and improving patient and management information with public display screens providing real-time estimates of waiting time. “It is also expected that overcrowding in waiting rooms will be reduced thereby increasing…