When you’re sick or injured the last thing you want to do is wait in the ER waiting room.  Des Peres Hospital has a solution with InQuickER. This emergency room service allows consumers to go online to hold a time in the ER, while waiting in the comfort of their own homes.

Beginning today, June 20, you can hold your place online at Des Peres Hospital by paying a fee, completing an online form, and arriving at the projected treatment time. You will be seen by a health professional in the emergency room within 15 minutes, or InQuickER will refund your online fee in full. The new service is only intended for individuals who have non-life threatening medical conditions.

"We know people want more convenience and communication in the ER experience,” explains Kathy Waeckerle, RN, Des Peres Hospital’s Emergency Department director. “While estimates and averages about emergency room wait times may vary, many emergency room patients end up waiting several hours in waiting rooms with no indication of when they’ll be seen. With this service, users enjoy the convenience of choosing where they wait and a projected time to see a healthcare professional in the emergency room."

InQuickER does not affect the wait times of other emergency room patients, nor does it allow certain individuals to “cut” in front of others. Additionally, if the projected treatment time changes due to an influx of patients requiring priority treatment, the user will be notified and given an alternate time, or a refund.

Increased demand and decreased capacity are creating traffic jams in ER waiting rooms across the country, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians, creating traffic jams in waiting rooms across the country and adding stress and anguish to an experience that invokes anxiety. To address the growing need to deliver more efficient service, hospitals are utilizing InQuickER to streamline the throughput processes while focusing now, more than ever, on patient satisfaction.

"InQuickER has designed safeguards in its system intended to prevent those who have potentially life-threatening medical conditions from using the InQuickER service,” said Waeckerle. Individuals requiring immediate medical treatment should go immediately to the nearest emergency department or call 911.

Click to access the service and for more information about holding your place online.