Rooms outpatient virtual consult
What is an outpatient virtual consultation room¶
An outpatient virtual consultation room is a digital or technology-enabled space used for remote consultations between patients and healthcare professionals without requiring an in-person hospital visit.
Capacity outputs¶
- OUTPATIENT_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_ROOMS
Conversion archetype¶
- appointment utilisation — FRM_APPOINTMENT_UTIL
Operational constraint¶
- Schedulable clinic consultation time
Activity classification logic¶
Outpatient virtual consultations.
| Subgroup | Classification IDs |
|---|---|
| all groups | CLASS_OP_ATTEND, CLASS_OP_VIRTUAL |
Workload derivation¶
Primary workload object: consultation hours
\[\text{effective consult time minutes} = \text{consult time minutes} + (\text{DNA rate} \times \text{DNA time minutes})\]
\[\text{consultation hours} = \frac{\text{attendances} \times \text{effective consult time minutes}} {60}\]
Capacity conversion¶
\[\text{required op virtual consultation rooms} = \frac{\text{consultation hours}} {\text{annual operational hours} \times \text{utilisation}}\]
Assumptions¶
| Subgroup | Assumption | Category | Assumption ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| all groups | consult time | workload | OP_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_TIME |
| all groups | DNA rate | workload | OP_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_DNA_RATE |
| all groups | DNA time | workload | OP_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_DNA_TIME |
| all groups | utilisation | operational | OP_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_UTIL |
| all groups | annual operational hours | operational | OP_VIRTUAL_CONSULT_ANNUAL_OPERATIONAL_HOURS |
Known issues / limitations¶
- Consultation durations are represented using subgroup-level averages and may not reflect variation between specialties.
Dependencies¶
- No dependencies.
Future enhancements¶
- Explore specialty-specific consultation times and DNA assumptions.
- Assess whether clinician capacity rather than virtual-room capacity provides a more appropriate representation of the service.