Weekend Lymphedema Coverage

[Guest guest]

We are a regoinal healthcare system that has a growing Lymphedema case load

in both outpatient and inpatient environments. We currently have 8

Lymphedema trained therapists in Outpatient and 9 Lymph Therapists in

Inpatient. Our current situation is that the Outpatient therapist who work

M-F also provide some coverage on the weekend and the Inpatient therapists

provide coverage as well, but are also needed for discipline specific care

due in part to the combination of a growing case load and limited staffing

on the weekends.

My question is how do other facitilities address this issue? What kind of

priority selection is made for the weekends? Have you found this to be

productive, cost effective and beneficial? Any other ideas?

Hockett

Director of Outpatient Rehab

Health

Springfield, MO