What's the difference between Booked in Turn and Treated in Turn?
Learn how Booked in Turn and Treated in Turn work together to measure fairness and equity in surgical scheduling and treatment order.
Understanding the difference between Booked in Turn and Treated in Turn is key to managing surgical waiting lists fairly and efficiently.
Booked in Turn
- Booked in Turn looks at patients who are still waiting for surgery.
- It analyses how patients are being scheduled, showing which patients have an operation date and which do not.
- The metric considers both waiting time and clinical priority (triage category) to assess whether patients are being booked in an appropriate order.
- Reviewing this data helps identify if some patients have been booked ahead of others with earlier clinical priority or longer waits.
- By adjusting future bookings, hospitals can make sure patients are scheduled more equitably and improve their Treated in Turn outcomes.
Treated in Turn
- Treated in Turn looks at patients who have already received surgery.
- It measures whether surgeries were performed in chronological order, considering how long patients waited and their triage category, providing a retrospective analysis of fairness in treatment order.
- A low treated-in-turn rate may indicate that some patients were treated ahead of others who had been waiting longer, prompting a review of booking processes.
Why it matters
Using both views together helps hospitals:- Identify where booking practices can be improved
- Support transparent and fair management of waiting lists
- Monitor equity of care over time
Where to find them
You can access these analyses in SystemView under:
Explore > Surgery > Chronological Management
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