Reliability of computerized emergency triage

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Dong, Sandy L ^a,b   Bullard, Michael J ^a,b,c   Meurer, David P ^a   Blitz, Sandra ^a   Ohinmaa, Arto ^a   Holroyd, Brian R ^a,b   Rowe, Brian H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized decision support; Emergency department; Information technology; Overcrowding; Technology implementation; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WAITING ROOM;

ADULT; ALBERTA; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33644532582     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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