Thus, screens will be installed in hospitals and it will also be possible to know the waiting times in walk-in clinics in Winnipeg, says theWRHA in a press release.

This information will also be shared on the regional health department’s website (New window)since late Thursday afternoon.

We are aware that many people have long waits in our emergency rooms. It’s frustrating for patients but also difficult for staff to see that patients are waiting so longrecognizes the Chief Medical Officer of the Winnipeg Regional Health Board, Dr. Joss Reimer, on.

These new technological implementations are the result of a partnership with the company Medimap, which combines technologies to enable greater access to healthcare across Canada.

Mediamap’s vice-president for partnerships, Michel Gaudette, explains that the talks with theWRHA launched in 2019.

It is one of the first public-private partnerships. The Winnipeg region is the first to take full advantage of our opportunitieshe explains at the microphoneCurrently.

dr Reimer notes that each month, about 40% of people who visit the emergency room could have received their care faster if they had visited an outpatient clinic or seen a primary care physician.

Of the approximately 21,000 patients who did not require emergency care, 9,900 could have been treated in an outpatient clinic in about 40 minutes, instead of waiting an average of 2.4 hours in the emergency room, according to an analysis conducted in November 2019emphasizes theWRHA in his press release.

L’WRHA adds that emergency department triage staff will be provided with wait time data.

This allows him to redirect patients with less severe cases to another healthcare facility so they can be treated more quickly.

With information from Jérémy Laniel