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Make referrals ready

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Generated concept: a possible improved arrangement for Make referrals ready
Starting pointProposed concept
Generated illustrations. The concept shows a possibility, not a completed improvement or verified safety result.
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Administrative improvement; clinical decisions stay with clinicians.

Sample baseline62%ready first time
Proposed goal90%readiness goal

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Make referrals ready

Administrative improvement; clinical decisions stay with clinicians.

Sample starting point62%ready first time
Goal to work towards90%readiness goal
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Current

62/100 ready

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Goal

90/100 ready

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Analysis

21 missing documents

04

Countermeasure

One readiness check

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Test

Pilot one pathway

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Follow-up

Check readiness and rework

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Project completion timeline

Planned finish · Day 30
  1. Map the handoffsZoe · Coordination

    Day 1–5 · Follow similar administrative cases; keep urgent referrals on their existing route.

  2. Agree ready criteriaEli · Scheduling

    Day 6–10 · Two reviewers apply the same completeness definition.

  3. Trial one pathwayAmira · Service

    Day 11–21 · Pilot readiness and reopened work are both recorded.

  4. Review and sustainBen · Management

    Day 22–30 · Compare readiness with 90% and name the follow-up owner.

Proposed timing and fictional owners. Close each action after its check is met; a date alone does not prove completion.

Actions for each S

Planned finish · Day 30
  1. SortSeparate active referral workZoe · Coordination

    Remove obsolete blank forms and distinguish active, incomplete and completed administrative packets without deleting required records.

    Day 1–5 · A sample packet has one current status and a traceable record location.

  2. Set in orderMake the next step visibleEli · Scheduling

    Arrange approved forms and queue cues around the agreed referral pathway, with one receiving owner for each status.

    Day 6–10 · The team can identify the receiving owner and missing information for each sampled packet.

  3. ShineReset the shared workspaceEli · Scheduling

    Clear the shared desk at handover and route damaged supplies or recurring workspace problems to the facilities owner.

    Day 6–10 · The next shift finds a usable workspace and no exposed personal information in the public illustration area.

  4. StandardizeAgree one readiness checkAmira · Service

    Publish the accepted completeness checklist for one non-urgent referral channel, retaining urgent and exception routes.

    Day 11–12 · Two coordinators reach the same completeness decision on the trial examples.

  5. SustainReview readiness togetherBen · Management

    Review the same case mix weekly, including reopened cases and staff comments, before retaining the new arrangement.

    Day 13–30 · Readiness, elapsed time and reopened-case counts are reviewed together; actual results remain pending.

  6. SafetyProtect people and informationBen · Management

    Have the responsible service lead review privacy, access and urgent-pathway protections before the trial and at each handover.

    Day 1–30 · No urgent route is held for an administrative target; privacy or access concerns use the established escalation route.

Proposed timing and fictional owners. Close each action after its check is met; a date alone does not prove completion.

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