White was one of an array of proactive appointments of women to the Queensland bench during the time of reforming former state Labor attorney general Matt Foley.
Patients need to be proactive, either to make their appointment or change an inconvenient pre-booked appointment (depending on where they live).
"And basically, if I'm secretary on 8 May, over the next five years I would like to see a transformation in the services we offer outside hospitals, particularly through GPs' surgeries, more GPs, easier appointments, more proactive care of people with the most complex needs".
Structured counseling and proactive scheduling of provider appointments might be used for high-risk patients to reduce the acute care utilization.
Although government clinics are geographically accessible and care is free at the point of use, patients needed nonetheless to be proactive in negotiating the appointments system, thus tending to favour access for patients with the time, motivation and skills to do this.
There were "shortcomings" in recording information, incorrectly recorded appointment dates, "no proactive and systematic quality assurance", and "an absence of regular supervision and team meetings".
Now I take proactive measures to make sure I make my appointments.
Navigators also immediately become involved in performing proactive services on the patient's behalf, such as appointment reminders, in order to prevent delays in receiving treatment or follow-up care with their medical provider.
Political parties need to be much more proactive in ensuring that leadership elections and council cabinet appointments reflect their oft-repeated commitments to diversity.
Future development of clinic interventions to reduce no-show rate should consider costs of no-shows compared to costs associated with developing a multi-factorial approach that includes proactive planning, scheduling, reminding and rescheduling when patients miss an appointment.
