UCLA Health is creating telehealth-specific triage protocols to help providers determine when it is appropriate to deliver care to patients via a virtual approach, according to a Dec. 30 NEJM Catalyst ...
When a workplace injury occurs, employers with no medical training often must determine the severity of the injury and direct an employee to appropriate medical care. They may have to make on-the-spot ...
Background The annual births in our hospital (a regional perinatal centre for the southeastern coastal region) had increased ...
As the latest virus surge swamps hospitals, researchers consider the role machine learning could play in making decisions about care. The latest surge of COVID infections has hospitals crowded, ...
An Ohio hospital's provider-in-triage model is generating clinical, financial, and strategic benefits, including lowering its rate of ER patients who leave without being seen. Grandview Medical Center ...
Veterinary triage prioritizes patients based on the urgency of their medical need, focusing on respiratory, circulatory, and neurological systems. Veterinary nurses and technicians are central to the ...
Shaving critical minutes off the time it takes to diagnose a heart attack and begin treatment could be as simple as the push of a button. Using a programmable button to page a phlebotomist for a blood ...
WASHINGTON-Nearly one-quarter of elderly patients coming to the emergency department were assessed as less critically ill than they actually were, or under-triaged. Under-triage occurred most ...