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  • Healthcare Management
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  • Quality Improvement Science

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  • Rising demand for diagnostic imaging services strains health system scheduling processes.
  • A significant scheduling backlog occurred in outpatient imaging during 2022, extending intervals from 2 to 6 weeks.
  • This necessitated a quality improvement initiative to optimize scheduling efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reduce the outpatient diagnostic imaging scheduling interval from 6 weeks to 10 days by January 2023.
  • To implement and evaluate interventions addressing scheduling backlogs.
  • To maintain or improve patient access and operational efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Feedback from schedulers, technologists, and radiologists informed intervention development.
  • Interventions included double-booking slots, reducing slot duration, standardizing contrast protocols, and adding a CT scanner.
  • Control charts monitored weekly appointment delays as a balancing measure.

Main Results:

  • Initial double-booking reduced the scheduling interval to 12 days (72% decrease).
  • Further adjustments (shorter slots, standardized protocols) decreased the interval to 7 days (41% reduction).
  • Adding a CT scanner reduced the interval to 3 days (57% decrease), increasing weekly volume by 19% and revenue by ~$1.6M.

Conclusions:

  • Targeted quality improvement initiatives can effectively reduce diagnostic imaging scheduling intervals.
  • Interventions like slot optimization and resource addition significantly enhance patient throughput and revenue.
  • Future enhancements include online scheduling, appropriateness assessment, and urgency stratification.