Reduction of Emergency Waiting Brought by “Bracelet”

A large reduction in waiting time in the emergency departments brought the “bracelet”, that is, the application of the patient’s electronic trace system, according to data, according to data. that has released the Ministry of Health. The average service time in the 10 hospitals incorporated into the system was formed in 4 hours.

In the first hospital where the measure was applied, in the Evangelism, Standby time fell by nearly 4 hours, and arrived from 9 to 5 hours and 16 minutes. This is also the highest time recorded, with the lowest being located in the “Children’s Sophia”, where it takes 1 hour and 58 minutes.

1. In the pathological clinics the average waiting time is estimated in less than 2 hours, with the highest waiting time recorded in “Evangelism” at 3 hours and 19 minutes.
2. In cardiac clinics the waiting time is estimated at 1 hour. The “Kat” records the highest 2 hours and 32 minutes.
3. In the surgical sector the waiting time is 1 hour. At the “G. Gennimatas »records the highest waiting time for 1 hour and 44 minutes.
4. In Radiological the average waiting time is 15 minutes, with the longest waiting time recorded at the University Hospital of Patras with 24 minutes.

The “bracelet” applies to the hospitals: “Saint Anargyri – General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia”, “G. Gennimatas “,” Evangelism “,” Kat “,” Laiko “,” Sismanoglio “,” Atticon “,” Hagia Sophia “,” Aglaia Kyriakou “and” Patras “(Rio). It will be implemented in the “University Hospital of Ioannina”, “Karpathos Hospital”, “Agios Savva” and “Children’s Pentelis” next time. At the end of September it will be applied to 10 more hospitals and by February 2026 it will be applied to 100 hospitals.

How it works

Upon his arrival at the hospital, the citizen receives his ticket, known as the “bracelet”, from the special tradition located at the entrance of the Emergency Departments (ICT).

This ticket accompanies him at all stages of his medical service and bears a QR code. When scanning the code has the option:

1. Learn his ticket number.
2. He knows how many people are waiting for the waiting.
3. Inform the estimated waiting time.
4. To cancel his ticket for any reason.

At the same time, patients go through emergency sorting according to the severity of the incident and are characterized by the electronic system with the following colors:

1. Soft blue (light incident)
2. Green (mild gravity incident)
3. Yellow (medium -gravity incident)
4. Orange (serious incident).
5. Red (very serious incident)

One of the problems highlighted by the bracelet is that about 30% of patients coming to ICTs (17,000 in a total of 49,000) would not have to go to hospitals if the primary health care system operated.