Checked In

Checked In is a hospital wait-time aggregator created by an emergency room nurse. Its software gathers real-time patient waits from hospitals and publishes them online, so patients can pick the shortest wait and go there.

The developers argue that current ways of measuring waits are inconsistent and not published, which lets emergency rooms become overcrowded quickly during surges such as a pandemic, natural disaster or attack.

Features

• Real-time wait collection: gathers current patient waits from emergency rooms.
• Public publishing: puts the figures on the internet for patients to see.
• Patient choice: lets people compare options and travel to the quickest.
• Surge relief: spreads patients across hospitals during healthcare surges.

Clients

Emergency departments that share their waiting times, and the patients who use them.

Key facts

• Origin: Invented by an ER nurse
• Category: Wait-time software