Mandatory triage does not identify high-acuity patients within recommended time frames

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Weber, Ellen J ^a   McAlpine, Ian ^a   Grimes, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX 5 TRIAGE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 79960703246     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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