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Healthcare Operations & Administration

Patient Access and Front Desk Operations

The reception desk is a clinical safety position. This course treats it as one.

foundation180 min5 lessons
Patient Access and Front Desk Operations

What you'll learn

  • Apply identification checks to a described registration scenario
  • Identify the downstream consequences of a described data capture error
  • Evaluate a reception layout for confidentiality risk
  • Apply a de-escalation approach to a described complaint
  • Prioritise competing demands in a described busy period
  • Recommend improvements to a described waiting area experience

Course content

5 modules · 5 lessons

1. Why the Front Desk Is a Safety Role
  • Why the Front Desk Is a Safety RolePreview36m
2. Registration and Eligibility
  • Registration and Eligibility36m
3. Appointments, Referrals and Lists
  • Appointments, Referrals and Lists36m
4. Confidentiality in the Open
  • Confidentiality in the Open36m
5. Difficult Interactions
  • Difficult Interactions36m