REF: 2018-411
Subject: Baseline Questioning
Request:
For question 1, can I just check if all patients are asked the baseline question when starting a new course of treatment?
(This request is related to the previous request 2018-206 – FOI Request – Overseas Visitors)
Response:
| For question 1, can I just check if all patients are asked the baseline question when starting a new course of treatment?
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Frontline staff are encouraged to ask the ‘baseline question’ to all patients. However most of the hospital’s clinics now operate a self-check-in system which asks the patient the baseline question, ‘Have you been resident for over 12 months’, at every appointment. |