Effect of an Outbound Scheduling Team on the Timeliness of Scheduling Referrals to Pediatric Otolaryngology
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| author | Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez |
| author_facet | Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez |
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| contents | Effect of an Outbound Scheduling Team on the Timeliness of Scheduling Referrals to Pediatric Otolaryngology Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery AbstractObjectiveFamilies preferring to receive care in a language‐other‐than‐English have disparities in access to care. We studied the effect of implementing an ambulatory outbound scheduling team on the timeliness of scheduling referrals to pediatric otolaryngology. We hypothesized this intervention could increase access to care.Study DesignRetrospective cohort analysis.SettingTertiary care academic center.MethodsData were abstracted from the hospital's enterprise database for patients referred to Otolaryngology over 3 years (October 2019‐August 2022; 7675 referrals). An outbound scheduling team was created April 2021 and tasked with calling out to schedule referrals within one business day of receipt. Referral lag was compared across patient cohorts before and after the scheduling intervention. Log‐transformed linear regression models were used to assess the impact of the scheduling intervention on referral lag for language cohorts.ResultsThe median preintervention referral lag was 6 days (interquartile range [IQR] 2‐18), which was reduced to 1 day postintervention (IQR 0‐5; P < .001). Preintervention language‐other‐than‐English families had a median referral lag of 8 days (IQR 2‐23), which was 1.27 times higher than for patients speaking English (P < .001). With implementation of the scheduling intervention, language‐other‐than‐English families were scheduled in a median of 1 day (IQR 0‐6), and the disparity in timeliness of scheduling was eliminated (P = .131). Postintervention, referral lag was reduced by 58% in the English and 64% in the language other than English cohorts.ConclusionImplementation of an outbound ambulatory scheduling process reduces referral lag for all patients and eliminated a disparity in referral lag for language‐other‐than‐English families. 10.1002/ohn.660 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
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| spellingShingle | Effect of an Outbound Scheduling Team on the Timeliness of Scheduling Referrals to Pediatric Otolaryngology Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Effect of an Outbound Scheduling Team on the Timeliness of Scheduling Referrals to Pediatric Otolaryngology Caleb M. Allred Rina Nakamura Helen Mull Xing Wang Jason Jio Jack Messner Sanjay R. Parikh Kathleen Sie Juliana Bonilla‐Velez Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery AbstractObjectiveFamilies preferring to receive care in a language‐other‐than‐English have disparities in access to care. We studied the effect of implementing an ambulatory outbound scheduling team on the timeliness of scheduling referrals to pediatric otolaryngology. We hypothesized this intervention could increase access to care.Study DesignRetrospective cohort analysis.SettingTertiary care academic center.MethodsData were abstracted from the hospital's enterprise database for patients referred to Otolaryngology over 3 years (October 2019‐August 2022; 7675 referrals). An outbound scheduling team was created April 2021 and tasked with calling out to schedule referrals within one business day of receipt. Referral lag was compared across patient cohorts before and after the scheduling intervention. Log‐transformed linear regression models were used to assess the impact of the scheduling intervention on referral lag for language cohorts.ResultsThe median preintervention referral lag was 6 days (interquartile range [IQR] 2‐18), which was reduced to 1 day postintervention (IQR 0‐5; P < .001). Preintervention language‐other‐than‐English families had a median referral lag of 8 days (IQR 2‐23), which was 1.27 times higher than for patients speaking English (P < .001). With implementation of the scheduling intervention, language‐other‐than‐English families were scheduled in a median of 1 day (IQR 0‐6), and the disparity in timeliness of scheduling was eliminated (P = .131). Postintervention, referral lag was reduced by 58% in the English and 64% in the language other than English cohorts.ConclusionImplementation of an outbound ambulatory scheduling process reduces referral lag for all patients and eliminated a disparity in referral lag for language‐other‐than‐English families. 10.1002/ohn.660 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| title | Effect of an Outbound Scheduling Team on the Timeliness of Scheduling Referrals to Pediatric Otolaryngology |
| topic | Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery |
| url | https://aao-hnsfjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ohn.660 |