When waiting rooms are overcrowded and one nurse is busy checking priorities, another stands behind a screen to ensure no patient is waiting unnecessarily when their condition requires quick viewing. . Teams software is used.
The virtual pre-triage is operational seven days a week from 8am to 6pm in the Chicoutimi emergency room.
The President of the Union of Care Professionals of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (FIQ), Julie Boivin, sees the new tool in a good light.
It is really a great help because when there is a lot of traffic it allows the triage nurse to do a triage. Nurses who are in the pre-examination see the waiting room. Otherwise nobody would watch her
she explained in an interview on the show It’s never the same.
In addition, Julie Boivin believes that in the context of a labor shortage, the measure will allow pregnant or disabled caregivers to do the work without coming into contact with sick people.
Maybe there are small problems, we’ll see, but for now it will help a lot
believes Julie Boivin.
For those less familiar with technology, a receptionist will accompany them.
This practice is also used in other hospitals in Quebec, most notably the Center hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL).
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