Clinical Review
Reducing Wait Times for Cardiac Consultation
Improving Access
Fed Pract. 2005 February;22(2):24
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Connie Parenti, MD, Gordon Pierpont, MD, PhD, and Mark Murray, MD
Dr. Parenti is a staff physician and Dr. Pierpont is a staff cardiologist, both in the department of medicine at Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. In addition, Drs. Parenti and Pierpont are both associate professors of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minnepolis. Dr. Murray is the president of Mark Murray and Associates, Sacramento, CA.
When appointment delays were reaching a crisis point at this VA medical center, the cardiology section implemented a system of structured electronic templates that cut wait times for outpatient consultations dramatically.