My friend Alana showed me this site and my jaw dropped: InQuickER.com
Yep. It’s exactly what it sounds like. The fast food equivalent of ER service. Here’s the quick pitch: InQuickER is a privately-held company that provides patients with an online check-in system allowing them to bypass their hospital’s emergency department waiting room during their visit. InQuickER’s service drastically cuts ER waiting room times from several hours or more down to 15 minutes or less, saving hospital emergency rooms and patients valuable time.
Sounds brilliant to me. More here: InQuickER.com/howitworks
Monday, June 01, 2009
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Katie,
Thanks for writing about us! I'm Tyler Kiley, founder of InQuickER.
I think that most patients expect a long wait in the ER, no matter whether they have an emergency or not; when patients are used to waiting for hours in the waiting room, they are generally very happy about having the opportunity to wait at home or at work instead. In an ideal world, all ER patients would be treated immediately, but when patients know there is going to be a long wait, they would much rather log on and make a reservation from home than spend several hours in the ER waiting room.
Eventually, we want to extend our online service to include urgent care centers and available PCPs as well, but we're taking it one step at a time.
Ahhh! This is brilliant for urgent care as well. When are you coming to San Francisco bay area? We need you!
Interesting. I wonder if it would work for every hospital though.....
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