OPS.7:5.2 - Public-hospital waiting and deterioration

One clinical case has a defined waiting age, current observations, possible deterioration evidence, dependencies on clinicians, beds and other resources, a service horizon, affected patient and care participants, and explicit clinical and operating authorities. OPS.7 makes those relations available to the authorized priority and commitment decision.

It does not equate waiting age with clinical urgency or triage. A qualified clinical System retains medical judgement and treatment authority. The Operations result may preserve or change the current coordination priority and prompt an authorized service-commitment return, but queue redesign, staffing and capacity, consent, privacy, medical safety, statutory permission, treatment efficacy, and patient outcome remain with their direct owners.