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|Title=A Conversation Analytic Study of Calls to Medical Reception for Doctor’s Appointments | |Title=A Conversation Analytic Study of Calls to Medical Reception for Doctor’s Appointments | ||
| − | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Medical CA | + | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Medical CA |
| − | |Key= | + | |Key=Weatherall2024 |
| − | |Year= | + | |Year=2024 |
|Language=English | |Language=English | ||
|Journal=Health Communication | |Journal=Health Communication | ||
| + | |Volume=39 | ||
| + | |Number=8 | ||
| + | |Pages=1532-1542 | ||
|URL=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2023.2222462 | |URL=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2023.2222462 | ||
|DOI=10.1080/10410236.2023.2222462 | |DOI=10.1080/10410236.2023.2222462 | ||
|Abstract=A call to medical reception is regularly an entry point into primary health care services. Telephone-mediated interactions between patients and receptionists have been found to temper demand for doctor’s appointments and influence patient satisfaction ratings; yet little is known about what exactly happens to produce those effects. The present study asks how medical receptionists respond to telephone-mediated appointment requests. Audio recordings of 18 calls between receptionists and patients at a New Zealand University health care practice were collected, transcribed and examined in detail using conversation analysis. The findings reveal the complexity of telephone-mediated medical receptionist work which involves multiple engagements involving the caller and the on-line booking systems. The work has clinical components and evidence was found of receptionists’ orientations to the potential urgency of callers’ problems and how a triaging process was initiated. Overall, this study shows medical receptionists do skillful communicative work granting patient requests or progressing relevant courses of action in a clinically responsible way, thus delivering a valuable and unrecognized aspect of health care delivery. | |Abstract=A call to medical reception is regularly an entry point into primary health care services. Telephone-mediated interactions between patients and receptionists have been found to temper demand for doctor’s appointments and influence patient satisfaction ratings; yet little is known about what exactly happens to produce those effects. The present study asks how medical receptionists respond to telephone-mediated appointment requests. Audio recordings of 18 calls between receptionists and patients at a New Zealand University health care practice were collected, transcribed and examined in detail using conversation analysis. The findings reveal the complexity of telephone-mediated medical receptionist work which involves multiple engagements involving the caller and the on-line booking systems. The work has clinical components and evidence was found of receptionists’ orientations to the potential urgency of callers’ problems and how a triaging process was initiated. Overall, this study shows medical receptionists do skillful communicative work granting patient requests or progressing relevant courses of action in a clinically responsible way, thus delivering a valuable and unrecognized aspect of health care delivery. | ||
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Weatherall2024 |
| Author(s) | Ann Weatherall, Fiona Grattan |
| Title | A Conversation Analytic Study of Calls to Medical Reception for Doctor’s Appointments |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Medical CA |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Health Communication |
| Volume | 39 |
| Number | 8 |
| Pages | 1532-1542 |
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| DOI | 10.1080/10410236.2023.2222462 |
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Abstract
A call to medical reception is regularly an entry point into primary health care services. Telephone-mediated interactions between patients and receptionists have been found to temper demand for doctor’s appointments and influence patient satisfaction ratings; yet little is known about what exactly happens to produce those effects. The present study asks how medical receptionists respond to telephone-mediated appointment requests. Audio recordings of 18 calls between receptionists and patients at a New Zealand University health care practice were collected, transcribed and examined in detail using conversation analysis. The findings reveal the complexity of telephone-mediated medical receptionist work which involves multiple engagements involving the caller and the on-line booking systems. The work has clinical components and evidence was found of receptionists’ orientations to the potential urgency of callers’ problems and how a triaging process was initiated. Overall, this study shows medical receptionists do skillful communicative work granting patient requests or progressing relevant courses of action in a clinically responsible way, thus delivering a valuable and unrecognized aspect of health care delivery.
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