Supplemented Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) improves performance measures in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-328

  White, Benjamin A ^a   Brown, David F M ^a   Sinclair, Julia ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Carignan, Sarah ^a   McIntyre, Joyce ^a   Biddinger, Paul D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ED crowding; ED LOS; ED performance; LWCA; triage; triage physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLEMENTED TRIAGE AND RAPID TREATMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84858706311     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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