Most Proposed Topic :
Healthcare Advances, Research and Innovations (new projects / technology)
Proposed Topic (Second preferred): :
Clinical Safety and Quality Service I (Projects aiming to improve efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery to meet international standards)
Authors: (including presenting author): :
SY Lai
Affiliation: :
Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Queen Mary Hospital
Introduction: :
SOPD usually have long waiting time. Family Medicine has the gate keeping role of referral.
Objectives: :
To reduce patient referral number to SOPD.
Methodology: :
Various measures have been applied to reduce referral rate to SOPD, including set up joint clinic of different specialties, various triage clinic, senior triage clinic etc
Result & Outcome: :
There is significant reduce number of SOPD referral when compare referral in 10/2021 and 10/2023.
