Keep scrolling to learn more about their purpose and impact.
Latest Project!
This space features our latest projects and ongoing initiatives. Our current focus is a community survey on emergency room wait times, designed to gather real experiences and insights from the community. By taking a few minutes to share your perspective, you help bring attention to an issue that affects our entire community.
A Deeper Look at Our Surveys
Emergency room wait times affect thousands of people, yet many experiences go unheard.
To understand the issue from multiple perspectives, we created three surveys: one for the general public, one for healthcare workers, and one for individuals who want to share their personal stories.
Together, they help us identify gaps in access to care, understand real challenges, and bring forward voices that are often missing from the conversation.
How This Helps
Each survey serves a unique purpose.
1. The general public survey helps us understand patient experiences and perceptions of wait times.
2. The healthcare worker survey offers insight into pressures and challenges from inside the system.
3. The “Share Your Story” section adds deeper perspectives that highlight the human impact behind the statistics.
What We Hope To Achieve
Through these surveys, we hope to build a clearer, more complete picture of how emergency room wait times affect both patients and providers.
The responses we collect directly shape our work. They help us focus our efforts where they are needed most and support informed, community-driven change.
The Bigger Picture
These surveys are a starting point for our long-term work.
The insights gathered will help guide future articles, community outreach, and advocacy initiatives. They also help us track themes over time, identify areas that need more attention, and make sure our efforts stay grounded in real voices and real experiences from across the community.
Our Growth Timeline
Tracking our milestones, ongoing projects, and future initiatives. Stay tuned!
Have an idea for our next project? Reach out and tell us!
Email: thewaitlistedinitiative@gmail.com
Now:
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Empowering the voices of patients and workers by collecting and sharing their stories and publishing weekly articles
Spring 2026:
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Presenting our survey findings to policy makers to advocate for change.
Spring/Summer 2026:
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Expanding our team by recruiting volunteers
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Explore partnerships and outreach opportunities
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Continue building educational content
Summer 2026:
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gathering funds for hospital foundations that support ER improvement, staff wellness, and patient care.
Summer/Fall 2026:
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Hosting workshops to educate the public on the issue of long wait- times.
Long-Term Goals:
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Increase public awareness around ER use
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Strengthen community involvement
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Contribute to informed discussions around access to care